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Viewing cable 06SEOUL1629, Round-Up of North-South Exchanges: April 2006

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06SEOUL1629 2006-05-15 22:36 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Seoul
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P 152236Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7907
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY 1467
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 SEOUL 001629 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/K AND EB/IFD 
COMMERCE FOR 4431/MAC/OPB/EAP/DUTTON 
PASS USTR FOR CUTLER, AUGEROT AND KI 
TREASURY FOR IA/ISA/DOHNER AND BUCKLEY 
HHS FOR OIRH/INTERNATIONAL AND NIH/FIC 
DOE FOR INTERNATIONAL/PUMPHREY 
USDA ALSO FOR FAS/ITP/CLAUS AND GRUNENFELDER 
NSC FOR CHA AND COLLINS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ETRD KS KN
SUBJECT: Round-Up of North-South Exchanges: April 2006 
 
1. North-South exchanges during April included cooperative 
efforts to preserve historic relics in the North, as well as 
practical exchanges in the agricultural, cultural and 
athletic fields.  South Korea's humanitarian assistance to 
the North during April appeared to be smaller than in 
previous months. 
 
2.  April's exchanges included: 
 
--  No Unified Team for Asian Games or Olympic Games 
--  Cultural Exchanges Promotion 
--  Former Unification Minister Visits KIC 
--  Scientific Cooperation 
--  Farmers Gather 
--  Arbor Day Activities 
--  Joint Excavation of Koguryo Castle Site 
--  Joint Survey of Ancient Tombs 
--  Joint Rice Farming 
--  Agreement on Summit Anniversary Festival 
--  Joint Publication of Korean Language Dictionary 
--  Assistance Monitoring 
--  Cooperative Musical Concert 
 
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Government-to-Government Exchanges 
---------------------------------- 
 
3.  Olympic Committees Fail to Form Unified Team: Kim Jung- 
gil, Chairman of the South Korean Olympic Committee and Sohn 
Kwang-ho, Vice Chairman of the North Korean Olympic 
Committee, met in Seoul on April 4 to discuss issues related 
to the plan to form a unified Korean Olympic team for the 
Asian Games in Doha, Qatar this year, as well as for the 2008 
Beijing Olympic Game.  However, they failed to reach an 
accord. 
 
4.  South Korean Legislator Promotes Cultural Exchanges: 
Chang Young-dal, a representative from South Korea's ruling 
Uri Party, visited Pyongyang April 25-May 1 to discuss issues 
related to sports and cultural events between South and North 
Korean legislators.  Events involving the two Koreas' 
legislators might include a soccer friendly, or "baduk" 
matches (baduk is a Korean board game).  Chang met with Kim 
Yong-nam, Chairman of North Korea's Supreme People's 
Assembly, and Rhee Jong-hyuck, Vice Chairman of the Asia 
Pacific Peace Committee. 
 
5.  Former MOU Minister Visits KIC: Chung Dong-young, the 
former Unification Minister and now head of the ruling Uri 
Party, visited the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on April 
28 along with 70 party members and members of the press. 
Chung attended a tree-planting ceremony while visiting the 
KIC. 
 
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Non-Governmental Organization Activities 
---------------------------------------- 
 
6.  Science Ties: A 26-member South Korean delegation led by 
President Park Chan-mo of the Pohang University of Science 
and Technology met with officials of North Korea's Federation 
of Science and Technology Societies in Pyongyang, April 3-8. 
Delegates from the two groups attended the first-ever "Inter- 
Korean Science and Technology Conference." About 100 North 
Korean scientists and more than 50 South Korean scientists 
residing in the United States and Japan joined the event. 
The scientists discussed information technology, nano- 
technology and biotechnology. 
 
7.  Farmers Meet to Discuss June 15 Anniversary: Farmers from 
the two Koreas gathered in Kaesong on April 4 to "implement" 
the June 15 Joint Declaration -- focusing on the promotion of 
mutual understanding, development of South-North relations, 
and peaceful unification.  The South Korean farmers 
 
SEOUL 00001629  002 OF 003 
 
 
delegation was led by Suh Jung-eui, Chairman of the South 
Korean Committee for the June 15 Joint Declaration 
Implementation.  The North Korean delegation wa headed by 
Kang Chang-wook, Vice Chairman of the North Korean Committee. 
The two sides adopted a joint resolution to pursue peaceful 
unification of the Korean Peninsula. 
 
8.  Youth Plant Trees: 47 South Korean Red Cross Youth 
members and 70 youth volunteers from South Korea's Korea Land 
Corporation (KOLAND) visited Mount Geumgang on April 5 to 
jointly transplant pine trees to mark Arbor Day.  About 40 
youth members of the North Korean Red Cross also attended the 
joint event to promote friendship. 
 
9.  Two Koreas Excavate Ancient Koguryo Castle: Kim Jung-bae, 
Chairman of the Koguryo Research Foundation (KRF) said April 
5 that the two Koreas agreed to jointly excavate Anhak 
Palace.  The groups will work to find relics in the palace, 
which is the site of an ancient fortress built during the 
Koguryo Dynasty.  A group of 19 South Korean researchers 
visited North Korea on April 8 and were joined by 15 North 
Korean researchers at the site.  The Seoul Metropolitan 
Government plans to provide USD 3 million in financial 
support for this project. 
 
10.  Joint Survey of Koguryo Tombs in North Korea: The 
Cultural Heritage Administration of South Korea said April 4 
that researchers from South and North Korea would conduct a 
joint survey of tombs of the Koguryo Kingdom in North Korea. 
The proposed sites were registered on UNESCO's World Heritage 
List last year.  The surveys, supported by the South Korean 
government and the Cultural Preservation Guidance Bureau of 
North Korea, were to be conducted from April 19 to May 2. 
 
11.  Cooperative Rice Cultivation: The Korea Welfare 
Foundation (KWF), chaired by Kim Hyung-seok, said April 17 
that a group of KWF members would visit Yakjeonri Sookchun 
County in South Pyongyan Province to plant rice seedlings. 
Six thousand North Korean farmers belonging to a cooperative 
farm in the area were to join in planting the seedlings in a 
2.4 million pyong (1,944-acre) rice paddy.  KWF plans to send 
10 South Korean agricultural specialists once or twice a 
month to provide advanced technology for the project.  KWF 
also sent four rice planting machines, worth USD 10,000, to 
the North.  They planted spring barley seedlings at the farm 
in March of this year. 
 
12.  Festival Will Mark Summit Anniversary: A South Korean 
civic group for the Realization of the Summit Declaration 
between the two Koreas said April 27 that the two Koreas 
agreed to hold a joint festival marking the sixth anniversary 
of the Inter-Korean Summit, which took place on June 15, 
2000.  The festival will take place in Kwangju, South Korea. 
Baik Nak-chung, head of the South Korean delegation and An 
Kyung-ho, head of North Korean delegation met on April 27 in 
Kaesong to discuss the joint festival.  The two sides' 
working level officials had met earlier on the same issue but 
could not reach accord.  The planned joint event will be held 
on June 14-17 and 150 respective delegates from both Koreas 
and more than 100 overseas Koreans are expected to attend. 
 
13.  Joint Publication of Korean Language Dictionary: Chung 
Do-sang and Lee Jae-kyu, the Vice Spokespersons of the 
Realization of the Summit Declaration group, met with North 
Korea's Hur Il-yong, Director of the National Reconciliation 
Committee on April 27 in Kaesong to discuss issues concerning 
joint publication of a new "Gyeryemal" (Korean language 
dictionary).  Prior to the meeting, the South Korean 
delegation visited Nampo, North Korea on April 9-15 to 
deliver a vehicle to be used by North Korea to conduct a 
survey on North Korean dialects.  The "Gyeryemal" will 
contain all dialects of the two Koreas, including Seoul 
standard dialect and Pyongyang dialect.  The South Korean 
side plans to provide USD 3-4 million per year until 2009 for 
 
SEOUL 00001629  003 OF 003 
 
 
the joint publication. 
 
14.  Catholic Group Tours North Korea for Aid Monitoring: A 
61-member delegation of the National Reconciliation Committee 
of the Seoul Archdiocese, headed by Monsignor Choi Chang-hwa, 
visited Pyongyang April 26-29.  The purpose of the trip was 
to tour regions in the North that the group has provided with 
humanitarian assistance.  Since its foundation in 1995, the 
Committee has provided USD 11 million worth of goods and 
facilities to the North.  The Committee is also jointly 
operating wheat flour factories in Nampo and Shinchon, North 
Korea. 
 
15.  Joint Concert at Mount Geumgang:  The Seoul-based Yun I- 
sang Foundation held a ceremony marking its first anniversary 
on April 29 at Mount Geumgang.  South Korean Unification 
Minister Lee Jong-seok made his first visit to Mount Geumgang 
to mark the anniversary.  Some 40 North Korean officials, 
including 20 musicians, and 230 South Koreans, including Hyun 
Jeong-eun, Chairwoman of the Hyundai Group and former 
Unification Minister Park Jae-kyu, attended the musical 
event.  Yun I-sang was a Korean-born German composer, and was 
a well-known musician in both Koreas before his death. 
 
MINTON