Unification minister nominee proposes inter-Korean public health complex
Lee In-young says South Korea should pursue humanitarian work and tourism with the DPRK independently of the U.S.
Jeongmin Kim July 20, 2020 NK News
South Korean unification minister nominee Lee In-young proposed that Seoul proactively engage with Pyongyang in areas like public health, food security and independent tourism in a memo on Sunday.
In a written response to a South Korean Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Young-ho ahead of his July 23 confirmation hearing, Lee expressed the need for the South to push forward with inter-Korean humanitarian projects on our own meaning independently of the United States.
Lee also stressed the need to reconsider the scale of upcoming U.S.-ROK joint drills and outlined a number of other initiatives meant to improve soured relations with the North.
A sustained inter-Korean cooperation is needed, without calculations in politics and national security, at least in [dealing with] food, sickness, and what people hopes to see before they die, Lee stated.
Quite a bit more in the article. Some editing problems but informative.
https://www.nknews.org/2020/07/unification-minister-nominee-proposes-opening-inter-korean-public-health-complex/