Date: Monday, September 19, 2022
Time: 10:30-10:33 A.M.

1. Minister’s Schedule

On September 19-20, Unification Minister Kwon Youngse will attend the National Assembly’s interpellation session, and on September 20, he will attend the opening ceremony of the 23rd World Knowledge Forum at 8 A.M.

On September 21, Minister Kwon will meet with representatives of the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula from the European Parliament.

2. Vice Minister’s Schedule

On September 21, Vice Minister Kim Ki Woong will attend a contest for composing children’s song about unification and present awards to the winners.

3. Q&A

Q. Did North Korea respond to the proposal to hold high-level talks to resolve the issue of separated families? If not, does the Government plan to take additional measures in this regard?

A. As you may know, considering the urgency and the humanitarian concern of the issue of separated families, we cannot put an end to our efforts simply because there is negative or little response from North Korea.

As of now, North Korea has yet to respond to our proposal for high-level talks to resolve the issue of separated families. However, we also need to take into account the fact that North Korea has shown a passive stance when it comes to the issue to separated families for the past several decades.

Therefore, the Government will continue to make every efforts for North Korea to respond to our proposal.