Koreas Make Fresh Breakthroughs over Family Reunion

　　North and South Korea have made another slew¹ of breakthroughs regarding their core concerns.

 

　　Marc Cavigli has more.

 

　　North Korea has accepted working-level talks with South Korea about the potential restart of family reunions.

 

　　Red Cross delegates from both sides are set to sit down to discuss the possibility of holding family reunions again at the Panmunjom truce² village along the border.

 

　　North Korea had originally wanted the talks to be held at the Mount Kumgang resort.

 

　　However, South Korea rejected that notion, saying it doesn't want to link the potential reopening of that tourist facility to the issue of family reunions.

 

　　South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been pressing to have family reunions restarted for this year's Chuseok Festival, which falls on September 19th this year.

 

　　Family reunions have been suspended since 2010 after tensions on the Korean peninsula flared³ up.

 

　　The end of the fighting in the Korean War saw thousands of Korean families separated by the signing of the armistace which re-divided the peninsula after 3-years of fighting.

 

　　Meanwhile, South Korean Business owners have been allowed to visit the Kaesong Industrial complex just over the border in North Korea.

 

　　Along with a collection of government officials, the business owners traveled across the border in order to inspect the facilities ahead of the potential restart of the complex.

 

　　Lee Suk-ja is the President of Mansun Corporation, which manufactures clothes at Kaesong.

 

　　He says he fears the 4-month shutdown of the complex has driven away investors⁴ and buyers.

 

　　"Even if the door is open, there is work being done in other countries. Thus, we are looking forward to next year. But even then there will be a lot of the work done in other countries as well. That is our biggest worry; whether buyers will return to Kaesong. That is the biggest problem."

 

　　North and South Korea reached an agreement earlier this month to restart work at the site.

 

　　However, an exact date for the facility to reopen hasn't been made public.

 

　　North Korea effectively shut down the facility amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula in April by withdrawing the 54-thousand North Koreans who work at the site.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Marc Cavigli.

1 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会