20th anniversary of Mt Kumgang tour, the jewel of inter-Korean ties

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Channel: NORTH KOREA NOW · 2018 · News & Politics

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20 years ago last Sunday, it became possible for people from the South to travel across the border and see the mountain on the North’s east coast for themselves – it was a tour program that preceded the first ever inter-Korean summit and helped spur closer ties. Its suspension a decade later coincided with a downturn in Seoul-Pyongyang relations.

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