S. Korean civic group departs for joint event with N. Koreans

Members of South Korea's Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC) wait on a bus at a parking lot in Gyeongbok Palace, Seoul, Nov. 3, 2018. The KCRC members were leaving Seoul to attend a two-day joint event with North Koreans at Mount Guemgang on the North's east coast. Yonhap

A South Korean civic organization departed for Mount Geumgang, Saturday, to attend a joint event with North Koreans.

Members of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC) left Seoul to take part in the event with their North Korean counterparts.

The event is to call for the faithful implementation of a recent summit agreement between the two countries' leaders. A delegation of around 300 people, including personnel, journalists and other support staff, was scheduled to cross the border via the Donghae Line land route.

The joint event will be held at Mount Geumgang on the North's east coast for two days. It will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the KCRC and its North Korean counterpart ― which has the same name. The two groups last held a joint event in 2008.

During the visit, the two sides will touch on the issue of exchanges in various sectors.

"We'll meet the North Koreans at Mount Geumgang and will talk about exchanges in six areas: labor, farmers, students, women, religion and culture," a KCRC official in Seoul said.

The South's delegation includes KCRC chief Kim Hong-gul, who is a son of the late President Kim Dae-jung, lawmakers Seol Hoon and Kim Han-jung of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, and Choe Keum-sook, who heads the Korean Women's Development Institute.

The North's delegation will be led by Kim Yong-dae, a vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Senior KCRC officials visited North Korea in July to discuss arranging the event at Mount Geumgang. (Yonhap)

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