A South Korean association for families separated by the Korean War has received an invitation from North Korea to visit Pyongyang to discuss a reunion project, the head of the organization told NK News on Tuesday.

Ryu Jae-bok, president of the Association of South-North Separated Families, said he received the invitation in November after sending a request about the project through a foreign diplomat based in Seoul. But he declined to name the DPRK organization that sent the invite to him and two other colleagues and didn’t explain how they received it.

“The invitation stated that the North’s side is