South Korean President Park Geun-Hye today warned North Korea not to renege on its agreement to host a reunion for families divided by the Korean War. Park’s comments came a day after Pyongyang said it would have to reconsider its commitment to the reunion event, citing South Korean-US military exercises and “slanderous” articles in the South Korean media.
The two rivals had agreed at rare talks on Wednesday to hold the reunion for several hundred separated relatives from February 20-25. A similar event had been planned last September, but North Korea cancelled at the last minute- an act that President Park stressed should not be repeated this time around.
“North Korea must not hurt the separated families so deeply again”, a Press pool report quoted Park as saying before the start of a security meeting with the Government and military officials.