A South Korean civic group is planning to meet North Korean counterparts for the fourth time since last year, despite opposition from the South Korean government, the group’s representative told NK News on Tuesday.

Should the committee carry out the meeting, Seoul will take legal action against them, the Ministry of Unification (MoU) told NK News later on the same day.

“The June 15 South Korean Committee is at the vanguard of continuing the inter-Korean civic exchanges, and we are committed to doing so even at the minimal level,” Lee Seung-hwan, a South Korean representative of the group, told NK News. 

“Despite North Korea’s