NS Korea Reps Meeting Had No Results
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-Korean Mt. Kumgang tourism meeting fails to produce agreement
Representatives both countries remain at odds over S.Korean preconditions for resuming tourism to Mt. Kumgang revolving around safety concerning following last year’s death of a S.Korean tourist
» Representatives of North Korea and South Korea convene to discuss ways to resume tours to Mt. Kumgang at Kaesung, Feb. 8.
Representatives of North Korea and South Korea could not reach an agreement during their meeting to discuss resuming Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong tourism held in Kaesong on Feb. 8.
During the meeting, South Korean representatives asked for a resolution for three preconditions to resuming tourism which included a fact-finding taskforce regarding the death of the South Korean tourist, instituting measures to prevent that type of incident from reoccurring and guaranteeing tourists’ security. Meanwhile, North Korean representatives demanded the tours resume as soon as possible since they stated that the three preconditions requested by the South Korean representatives had already been resolved.
The representatives did not set an official date for a follow-up meeting since the South Korean representative rejected the North Korean representative’s suggestion to reconvene on Feb. 12 by saying that they could meet only when North Korea prepared a proposal in advance. This marked the first official meeting to discuss resuming the tourism projects since the incident in which South Korean tourist Park Wang-ja was shot and killed by a North Korean soldier on July 11, 2008.
Kim Nam-sik, director of the Unification Ministry’s inter-Korean trade and cooperation division said, “North Korea argued that the three preconditions requested by South Korea have already been resolved.” The representatives from South Korea requested that North Korea make an official apology for the incident. In response, according to Kim, North Korean representative Kang Yong-chul, a member of North Korea’s Asia Pacific Peace Committee said, “We express our regret over the incident even though the accident occurred a result of Park Wang-ja’s own carelessness.”
However, South Korean representatives still demanded an on-site investigation in order to confirm facts of the incident, and North Korean representatives said in response, “The South Korean investigation team may visit the cite of her death, however, we cannot allow them see the place from which the soldier shot her because the area is restricted for military reasons.”
Kim Yeon-cheol, head of Hankyoreh Peace Institute asked the South Korean government to show a more positive attitude towards resuming the tourism and said, “Resuming tourism would be a signal of the intention of the Lee Myung-bak administration to improve inter-Korean relations, and it does not go against the currently-imposed UN sanctions against North Korea.”
Representatives both countries remain at odds over S.Korean preconditions for resuming tourism to Mt. Kumgang revolving around safety concerning following last year’s death of a S.Korean tourist
» Representatives of North Korea and South Korea convene to discuss ways to resume tours to Mt. Kumgang at Kaesung, Feb. 8.
Representatives of North Korea and South Korea could not reach an agreement during their meeting to discuss resuming Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong tourism held in Kaesong on Feb. 8.
During the meeting, South Korean representatives asked for a resolution for three preconditions to resuming tourism which included a fact-finding taskforce regarding the death of the South Korean tourist, instituting measures to prevent that type of incident from reoccurring and guaranteeing tourists’ security. Meanwhile, North Korean representatives demanded the tours resume as soon as possible since they stated that the three preconditions requested by the South Korean representatives had already been resolved.
The representatives did not set an official date for a follow-up meeting since the South Korean representative rejected the North Korean representative’s suggestion to reconvene on Feb. 12 by saying that they could meet only when North Korea prepared a proposal in advance. This marked the first official meeting to discuss resuming the tourism projects since the incident in which South Korean tourist Park Wang-ja was shot and killed by a North Korean soldier on July 11, 2008.
Kim Nam-sik, director of the Unification Ministry’s inter-Korean trade and cooperation division said, “North Korea argued that the three preconditions requested by South Korea have already been resolved.” The representatives from South Korea requested that North Korea make an official apology for the incident. In response, according to Kim, North Korean representative Kang Yong-chul, a member of North Korea’s Asia Pacific Peace Committee said, “We express our regret over the incident even though the accident occurred a result of Park Wang-ja’s own carelessness.”
However, South Korean representatives still demanded an on-site investigation in order to confirm facts of the incident, and North Korean representatives said in response, “The South Korean investigation team may visit the cite of her death, however, we cannot allow them see the place from which the soldier shot her because the area is restricted for military reasons.”
Kim Yeon-cheol, head of Hankyoreh Peace Institute asked the South Korean government to show a more positive attitude towards resuming the tourism and said, “Resuming tourism would be a signal of the intention of the Lee Myung-bak administration to improve inter-Korean relations, and it does not go against the currently-imposed UN sanctions against North Korea.”
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