South Korea will make proposal to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for holding regular reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, a government official said Sunday, Xinhua reported.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Yonhap News Agency the Seoul government is expected to give a reply early next week to the DPRK's proposal for holding new round of family reunion on the coming harvest moon day, Chuseok, which falls on Sept. 22.
The government has decided to make an offer to hold regular family reunion to the DPRK as President Lee Myung-bak has repeatedly stressed to seek a fundamental solution for the separated families issue, the official said.