North Korea is set to host an international forum for South Korean business people from Thursday through Sunday this week, with the ROK’s Ministry of Unification (MOU) announcing late Wednesday it approved 97 individuals to make the trip.

The “2018 Pyongyang Forum of Overseas Korean Entrepreneurs for Peace and Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula” – originally scheduled to take place in mid-October – appears to be primarily targeting South Koreans with business connections in third countries across the world.

It is being organized on the North Korean side by the Asia-Pacific Pyongyang Peace Association and the Federation for the People’s