In another conciliatory gesture, North Korea renewed its proposal for non-governmental dialogue with South Korea on ways to honor their landmark 2000 summit agreement, an official said Thursday.
In a faxed message on Wednesday, the North Korean side of the Committee for the Implementation of the June 15 Declaration made the proposal to its South Korean counterpart, the Unification Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Hyun In-taek, the unification minister, said on the sidelines of a speech in Seoul that he would look into details of the proposal to decide whether his government would allow such a meeting.