NK Urgently Requested to Have South-North Dialog

The North Korea offered yesterday to immediately resume the dialog between South and North authorities.

Vice chairperson of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification, Rim Dong-Ok sent a message to the Minister of Unification Lim Dong-Won through the broadcasting that ``we (North Korea) propose to promptly take up again the inter-Korean dialog, reflecting the will of the whole nation and following the spirit of the 6.15 joint declaration.`` reported yesterday the Pyongyang Broadcasting.

Rim added that ``we hope that the South Korean authority will respond positively to our constructive suggestion.``

Kim Young-Sik spear@donga.com