Minister: Koreas to end war status, family separation
Social affairsSept 21, 2018
South Korean Unification Ministry Cho Myoung-gyon said Friday the government will redouble its efforts to end the "longest war and parting on Earth," as he spoke about the recent peace mood in Korea.He was referring to the 1950-53 Korean War, in which hostilities ended in only with an armistice, and the subsequent separation of families on the divided peninsula.Addressing a ceremony hosted by South Koreans with hometowns in North Korea ahead of next week's Chuseok holiday, the minister cited the