Seoul seeks to designate July 14 as a national holiday in honor of North Korean refugees. This initiative is part of broader efforts to raise awareness of human rights issues in North Korea.
North Koreans celebrated the Lunar New Year, Saturday, dining on traditional food and playing folk games, while also paying tribute to their two late former leaders on one of the .
South Korea s point man on North Korea said in an interview published Friday that the government will acquire information on Japanese abductees in North Korea from defectors and share it with the Japanese government.
The comments came during a radio interview, in which Kim Yung-ho said Seoul would stick to its stance that the Ministry of Unification would continue to manage inter-Korean relations even amid changes in North Korea