Minister of Unification Ryu Woo Ik told reporters today, \u201cWe will suggest contact with North Korea again and wait for a response.\u201d Ryu was speaking at a press conference that comes after North Korea in effect rejected South Korea\u2019s suggestion of talks on future separated family reunions.<\/p>\n
He went on \u201cNorth Korea has to respond from a pure humanitarian perspective rather than strategic considerations or out of political interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem of the reunion of separated families is not something that can be solved by the people concerned,” he continued. “I hope North Korea will agree without consideration of the inter-Korean relationship.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is too bad that they denied the proposal; as a person hoping for better inter-Korea relations, it is disappointing\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
When asked on \u2018How to get North Korea to the table’, Ryu replied, \u201cTrust between North and South Korea cannot be accumulated through a surprise show, only by expressing the will to talk with North Korea. I am not considering any shock measures towards the North.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minister of Unification Ryu Woo Ik told reporters today, \u201cWe will suggest contact with North Korea again and wait for a response.\u201d Ryu was speaking at a press conference that comes after North Korea in effect rejected South Korea\u2019s suggestion of talks on future separated family reunions. He went on \u201cNorth Korea has to respond […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":18542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n