The unification ministry said Wednesday it will prioritize confirming the fate of separated families' relatives in North Korea if strained inter-Korean relations begin to improve.
Under the 2026-2028 plan for supporting families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the ministry said it will make efforts to resume exchanges between such divided families at the government level and facilitate civilian-level exchanges between them.
"When there is progress over inter-Korean relations, the government will prioritize confirming the fate of the families' relatives in North Korea," the ministry said.
Since the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, the two Koreas have held 21 rounds of separated family reunions. Since the last event in August 2018, state-arranged family events have been suspended amid frosty inter-Korean ties.
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