Korean North-South Farmers' Festival BeginsA joint Korean North-South Farmers' Festival will be held for the first time at Mount Kumgang in DPRK on Wednesday and Thursday with more than 600 farmers participating from each side."Six hundred and forty farmers from the Korean Farmer's League and a national association of female farmers, along with 50 reporters and inspectors left Sokcho port at 2 p.m.," a South Korean government official said. From the North, farmers and officials from the Korean Agriculture Workers Union will participate. They will watch art performances at a "unification event for the realization of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration" and engage in traditional games of wrestling and tug of war Wednesday. On Thursday, they will hike up the mountain and return to the South. |
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