Important Step to koreas
South and North Korean writers have agreed to establish a joint body as part of efforts to promote reconciliation on their divided peninsula, officials said on Saturday (July 23).
The agreement came as writers of the two Koreas were having a six-day gathering in Pyongyang, the first such contact since the peninsula was divided into two 60 years ago.
On Wednesday, the two sides agreed to set up an inter-Korean writers' association to mark the historic summit between their leaders in 2000, officials accompanying the South Korean delegation said.
The 2000 summit touched off a flurry of rapprochement projects such as the reunions of separated families.
The writers agreed to award prizes to writers who contribute to inter-Korean reconciliation through the association, the officials said.
They also pledged to publish a joint magazine, tentatively titled "Unification Literature,¡± the officials said.
The South Korean writers are scheduled to return home Monday after their six-day trip.
The agreement came as writers of the two Koreas were having a six-day gathering in Pyongyang, the first such contact since the peninsula was divided into two 60 years ago.
On Wednesday, the two sides agreed to set up an inter-Korean writers' association to mark the historic summit between their leaders in 2000, officials accompanying the South Korean delegation said.
The 2000 summit touched off a flurry of rapprochement projects such as the reunions of separated families.
The writers agreed to award prizes to writers who contribute to inter-Korean reconciliation through the association, the officials said.
They also pledged to publish a joint magazine, tentatively titled "Unification Literature,¡± the officials said.
The South Korean writers are scheduled to return home Monday after their six-day trip.
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