SEOUL July 23 Kyodo A dispose of...

SEOUL July 23 Kyodo

A dispose of South Korean activists promoting unification with North Korea said Tuesday they have reached agreement with North Korean officials to hem in joint commemorative events in Seoul nearest month to mark the 57th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean peninsula from Japanese colonial rule

Pyon Jin Hung director of Peace conversation a South Korean religious cluster said a North Korean mission plans to undulate to South Korea forward a direct chartered flight onward Aug. 14 to take part in the commemorative functions and reply to the North on Aug. 17

Pyon who had just recured from a visit to North Korea, said the joint commemorative issue was agreed during the North Korea trip.

According to southward Korean organizers, the joint commemorative plan involves brace days of indoor events in Seoul to excite unification of the Korea peninsula, which has been divided since the fall of the curtain of 35 years of Japan's colonial rule

A joint commemoration of the liberation of Japanese behavior ''would help foster strained North-South ties following the exchange of fire in the golden Sea,'' Pyon said, in hint to the June 29 naval battle that left four southward Korean sailors dead, one missing and 19 wounded

southerly Korea says at least 30 North Korean sailors were believed to have been killed or anguished wounded.

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