Koreas to celebrate 20th anniversary of suspended joint tour programme

Seoul: North Korea and South Korea will commemorate the 20th anniversary of their joint tour programme at Mount Kumgang, which was suspended earlier due to tensions between the two countries.
The event, which will be held for two days at the North Korean mountain resort starting from Sunday, is slated to be attended by about 100 South Koreans and 80 North Koreans respectively.
The programme is co-organised by Hyundai Group, which operated the joint tour event and the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee of North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The joint tourism programme was suspended in 2008 by the South Korean government after its national was shot dead at Mount Kumgang.
The tour programme is a key symbol of reconciliation between North and South Korea, and expectations over its resumption was growing in the past few months, following a dramatic improvement of inter-Korean ties since this year. (ANI)