S. Koreans Visit Kaesong To Prepare For Liaison Office

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jun, 2018 ) ::A group of South Korean government officials and civilians crossed into the North Korea border town of Kaesong Wednesday for the second day in a row to work on repairs for a liaison office that the two Koreas recently agreed to open for better communication, the unification ministry said.

The 17-member team included ministry officials and staff of Hyundai Asan, a company that played a key role in past inter-Korean economic cooperation projects.

They toured the area on Tuesday to prepare for repair works on buildings, including a potential lodging facility whose basement was under water.

After their preparatory work, the ministry said that its staff and construction workers will stay there and carry out repair and renovation of the facilities before the launch of the office.

In a high-level officials' meeting on June 1, the two Koreas agreed to open the liaison office "at an early date" to brace for increased cross-border exchanges following their leaders' summit meetings in April and May.