On September 30, the Ministry of Unification held the plenary session of the Health and Medical Cooperation Platform on the Korean Peninsula.

At this plenary meeting, the participants had time to summarize comprehensively the discussions that platform participants have been conducting this year, including North Korea's COVID-19 quarantine measures and strategies to support North Korea in major areas.

Unification Minister Kwon Youngse emphasized in his opening remarks that North Koreans, similar to South Koreans, have the right to be respected for their own life and to live safely and free from disease. He also added that the Republic of Korea, as a democratic nation's duty, would always keep the door wide open to help protect North Koreans’ right to life and health.

*Health and Medical Cooperation Platform on the Korean Peninsula: An integrative platform joined by entities from the government, local governments, international organizations, domestic and foreign private organizations, and academia, to discuss and coordinate all agendas related to health and medical cooperation on the Korean Peninsula at all times.