21.09.2013, 16:05
Xinhua, Sept. 21 (12:16:49/17:57:12) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Saturday that it will delay the reunion of families separated by the Korean War (1950-53) until atmosphere is ripe for dialogue with South Korea, according to local media reports. The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said in a statement that the program, originally planned to start on Sept. 25, can only be resumed till "a normal atmosphere is created for dialogue and negotiations." (…)
The committee also said that the DPRK will put off the working-level dialogue with South Korea, slated for Oct. 2, to discuss the resumption of tour to Mount Kumgang. (…) Pyongyang said that Seoul had denounced the Mount Kumgang tour as "purse strings" of the DPRK, noting that the improved relations between the two sides were touted by Seoul as the result of South Korea's coherent DPRK policy and the so-called trust-building process advocated by President Park Geun-hye.
The DPRK slammed South Korea for "abusing dialogues and negotiations as means for confrontation." The DPRK noted that South Korea has been conducting a witch hunt "frantically" by suppressing all progressive figures in favor of reconciliation with Pyongyang as followers of the DPRK, apparently pointing to Rep. Lee Seok-ki, a South Korean lawmaker of the left-leaning Unified Progressive Party who was arrested on charges of conspiring to stage a rebellion.
The committee also said that the DPRK will put off the working-level dialogue with South Korea, slated for Oct. 2, to discuss the resumption of tour to Mount Kumgang. (…) Pyongyang said that Seoul had denounced the Mount Kumgang tour as "purse strings" of the DPRK, noting that the improved relations between the two sides were touted by Seoul as the result of South Korea's coherent DPRK policy and the so-called trust-building process advocated by President Park Geun-hye.
The DPRK slammed South Korea for "abusing dialogues and negotiations as means for confrontation." The DPRK noted that South Korea has been conducting a witch hunt "frantically" by suppressing all progressive figures in favor of reconciliation with Pyongyang as followers of the DPRK, apparently pointing to Rep. Lee Seok-ki, a South Korean lawmaker of the left-leaning Unified Progressive Party who was arrested on charges of conspiring to stage a rebellion.