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STORY: South Korean officials left for the truce village Panmunjom at the border on Wednesday (February 12) to hold a rare high-level meeting with North Korea, where the two sides were expected to discuss issues including planned reunions of separated families.
Before the departure, South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae, held a meeting with the South Korean delegation.
The South Korean delegation headed by Kim Kyou-hyun, Vice Chief of the presidential National Security Council, said he would try to find a way to improve ties with the North.
The North proposed the meeting in a message sent on Saturday (February 8), the South Korean Unification Ministry, in charge of inter-Korean relations, said on Tuesday (February 11).
From the North side, Won Tong Yon, a senior official at the Workers' Party of Korea's United Front Department that handles affairs with the South, will head its delegation, the ministry said.
