남북공동선언 이행추진위원회, 군비통제분과 신설; '남북공동선언 속도감있게 이행해서 새로운 높은 단계로'<br /><br /> The nation's top Office is working to turn the promises made by the two Koreas in their summits into reality.<br />Today, Cheongwadae announced what it plans to do on that front in the near future.<br />Shin Se-min starts us off. <br /> The committee tasked with carrying out the agreements reached by the two Koreas in Panmunjom and in Pyeongyang,... have one goal in mind -- raising inter-Korean relations to the next level.<br />One major development from the committee is the start next month of joint inspections of cross-border railways as part of efforts to reconnect them.<br /> The presidential spokesperson said in a press briefing Friday... that to break ground on inter-Korean railways and roads by year's end, as stipulated in the Pyeongyang Joint Declaration,... the two sides would have to start doing field inspections next month.<br />And to do that,... he added, the two Koreas have agreed to discuss the matter with UN Command and the Combined Forces.<br />The railroads to be inspected are the ones running through the western and eastern sides of the border,... called the Seohae and Donghae lines.<br /> The presidential spokesperson added that the committee has agreed to start talking with the International Olympic Committee about a joint bid by the two Koreas to host the Summer Games in 2032, and possibly competing together in the 2020 Games in Tokyo, starting at the qualifying rounds.<br /> The committee will also work to fulfill another promise made in Pyeongyang -- to display North Korean cultural assets in an exhibition in the South later this year... to mark 11-hundred years since the establishment of the Goryeo Dynasty.<br /> The discussions are so comprehensive,... the presidential office says, to help link the outcome of the inter-Korean summits to the denuclearization talks.<br />Shin Se-min, Arirang News. <br />
