S. Korea OKs first civilian contact with N. Korea under new president

South Korea has approved an aid group's request to make contact with North Korea, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Friday, in an apparent reflection of the South's approach toward resuming inter-Korean exchanges under its new liberal president.The approval for private-level, inter-Korean contact is the first since President Moon Jae In took office on May 10, and the first since January 2016, when North Korea's fourth nuclear test prompted Seoul to suspend cross-border humanitarian assistance."The new government will strongly respond to North Korea's provocations, but a private-level exchan…READ FULL ARTICLE