#Seoul says inter-Korean talks needed to resolve #Mount_Kumgang issue despite Pyongyang’s refusal | Yonhap News Agency
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SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) — A face-to-face meeting is necessary to discuss the fate of a long-suspended joint tour program to Mount Kumgang on North Korea’s east coast, the unification ministry said Wednesday, despite Pyongyang’s refusal to hold such a meeting.
On Tuesday, North Korea turned down Seoul’s offer to hold working-level talks, which was made in response to the North’s demand that all South Korean-built facilities at the mountain resort be removed “on an agreed-upon date.”