Seoul should push to revive joint tourism projects with North Korea that shut down nearly 20 years ago, South Korea’s unification minister said Monday, endorsing a proposal to link the DPRK’s Mount Kumgang resort and its new Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area.
But Chung Dong-young’s comments appear to fly in the face of Pyongyang’s repeated rejection of all inter-Korean engagement and its repudiation of unification as a policy goal, with North Korea dismantling key ROK tourism assets in recent years.
Seoul should push to revive joint tourism projects with North Korea that shut down nearly 20 years ago, South Korea’s unification minister said Monday, endorsing a proposal to link the DPRK’s Mount Kumgang resort and its new Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area.
But Chung Dong-young’s comments appear to fly in the face of Pyongyang’s repeated rejection of all inter-Korean engagement and its repudiation of unification as a policy goal, with North Korea dismantling key ROK tourism assets in recent years.
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