Opposition lawmaker slams govt’s blanket approval of requests to contact North Koreans

Rep. Bae Hyun-jin of the main opposition People Power Party on Wednesday slammed the government over its blanket approval of civilian requests to contact North Korean residents, following the scrapping of a previous screening guideline. Speaking at a plenary session of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee in Seoul, Bae criticized Unification Minister Chung Dong-young, saying the ministry had approved all 124 requests filed as of March this year without rejecting a si

By The Korea Herald