N.Korea to cut off family reunion

In a retaliatory measure against South Korea’s postponing the provision of rice and fertilizer, the North declared it would stop on-going inter-Korean projects including family reunion and the construction of reunion headquarters.

In a letter to the South Korean Red Cross, it said “we wanted inter-Korean cooperation business based on humanitarian concerns to go ahead, but the South created very severe challenges in front of the business.” “This is tantamount to ‘anti-nationalistic’ behavior,” goes the letter.

Unification spokesman Yang Chang-seok said “it is, to some extent, an expected course of action, but we feel very sorry for separated families. We will do our best to resume family reunion.”