Seoul, Korea - Republic of
NORTH KOREAN CHIEF DELEGATE TALKS WITH SOUTH KOREAN UNIFICATION
MINISTER IN SEOUL.
North Korean chief delegate Kim Ryong-song (3rd, L) talks with South
Korean Unification Minister Hong Soon-young (3rd, R) at the last round
of the 5th North-South ministerial talks in Seoul September 18, 2001.
Six months after North Korea broke off its dealings with the South,
delegates from the two Koreas met to try to revive rapprochement
between their countries, still technically at war after the Korean War
half a century ago ended without a formal peace treaty. REUTERS/Kim
Jae-hwan/Pool
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