South Korea Proposes Loosening Restrictions on North-South Communication

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is calling for families separated by the Korean War to be able to communicate via letters and video messaging. Park directed her cabinet Tuesday to initiate talks with North Korea on the matter. The comments come after the two Koreas last week held face-to-face family reunions for the first time since 2010. South Korea has proposed holding the meetings regularly, but the North, which often tries to use the meetings as a diplomatic bargaining chip,...

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