통일부 "남북협력기금으로 예술단•태권도시범단 평양 공연 경비 지원"<br /><br /> South Korea is to handle the expenses incurred from its art troupe and Taekwondo demonstration team's visit to Pyongyang through the government's Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund.<br /> According to Seoul's unification ministry the fund was set up in 1990 to enable exchanges of material resources and comprehensive cooperation between the two Koreas.<br />One-point-six billion won... or approximately one-point-five million U.S. dollars... will be used in payments for staff and companies, as well as flight charges and other related expenses.<br />Accommodations, meals and transportation whilst they were in North Korea have already been covered by Pyongyang.<br />The fund will also be used for other inter-Korean projects, such as DNA tests to identify members of war torn families... and to build a digital archive of relics and archeological material that have been unearthed since 2007 in the North Korean city of Kaesong. <br />
