SEOUL (AFP) - A South Korean delegation has left for North Korea to prepare for talks amid growing concerns over the future of their last remaining reconciliation project.
The South's unification ministry said a four-member team travelled to the estate just north of the heavily fortified border to check preparations for talks on Thursday.
The ministry says the fate of a South Korean estate manager detained by the North since March 30 must be a priority in the negotiations.
The estate's future has become increasingly uncertain as inter-Korean relations have worsened and the North's nuclear standoff with the outside world has intensified.
I hope this will be ok in the end, as it's not the first step but a continuing process that so far isn't working out very well. One can read the article here.
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