South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) is planning research projects on possible bilateral and multilateral cooperation with North Korea in a variety of fields, including electricity production, Seoul said this week.

The announcement, carried on the unification ministry’s official website, said the government would outsource the project, which will research the current situation of the North’s electric power industry.

“It is necessary to establish policy alternatives relevant for future inter-Korean electricity cooperation,” the MOU said in the proposal, which was released on Tuesday.

The ministry said the policy should be