Korea: Press conference marks first step to reconciliation?
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on November 30, 2006 at 4:19 PM
For the first time ever officially, journalists from North Korea and South Korea meet next week to discuss reconciliation between both sides.
The two-day conference will start on Tuesday Dec. 5th, and will be held in a tourist resort in North Korea. It will involve a total of 173 reporters – 123 southerners and 50 northerners. According to the JoonGang Daily, none of the southern journalists present work for a major South Korean newspaper.
Despite renewed tensions since North Korea’s nuclear test, South Korean organizers hoped a joint statement will be issued at the end of the conference.
Last time such a meeting occurred was in 1946, before Korea was formally partitioned.
Source: AFP through European Journalism Center – JoongAng Daily
Despite renewed tensions since North Korea’s nuclear test, South Korean organizers hoped a joint statement will be issued at the end of the conference.
Last time such a meeting occurred was in 1946, before Korea was formally partitioned.
Source: AFP through European Journalism Center – JoongAng Daily
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