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The South Korean government approved a plan by the head of the nation’s ruling party to visit North Korea this week, in a further sign that ties may be warming between the two foes.
Hong Joon-Pyo and four other members of President Lee Myung-Bak’s Grand National Party were cleared for the visit Monday, the Unification Ministry said.
Relations between the two countries soured last year over attacks that killed 50 South Koreans. A Russian proposal to build a gas pipeline through the divided peninsula was described this month by Hong as a possible turning point for inter-Korean relations.
