The South Korean government on Wednesday approved two bills to spend more than KRW3.3 billion (USD$2.93 million) on the renovation of the Mount Kumgang resort, reunions of separated families, and on the establishment of a joint liaison office in Kaesong.

The two plans were passed at the 294th session of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Promotion Council earlier in the day, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced.

Seoul and Pyongyang at Red Cross talks in June agreedto hold reunions of families separated by the Korean War at Mount Kumgang between August 20 and 26 on the occasion of the country’s National