S. Korea okays religious leaders’ N Korea trip
South Korea has approved plans by religious leaders, including Catholics, to make a rare joint visit to North Korea as part of their efforts to ease high cross-border tensions, said an AFP report on Google News.
The Korean Conference of Religion for Peace (KCRP) said its leaders would make a four-day trip from Wednesday. It represents the country’s seven largest religious groups including Roman Catholics, Protestants and Buddhists.
The South’s unification ministry, which must by law authorise all such visits, said KCRP leaders would hold two services with their counterparts in the communist country.
The KCRP said the “unprecedented” joint trip by its leaders would help the two Koreas ease strained ties and promote exchanges and cooperation.
Earlier this month, Seoul allowed leading Buddhist monks to visit the North, the first such religious trip since ties turned icy over the sinking of a South Korean warship in March last year.
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S. Korea approves religious chiefs’ N. Korea trip (Google News/AFP)
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