Seoul's delegation travelled to Pyeongyang on Thursday.<br />At the welcoming dinner that evening, both the South and North Korean representatives stressed they're opening a new era of peace and prosperity... and should walk on hand-in-hand.<br />Our Seo Bo-bin has more. <br /> A new era of peace and prosperity.<br />That's what the South and North Koreans toasted to on Thursday at their welcoming banquet in Pyeongyang.<br />Ri Son-gwon, the head of North Korea's reunification committee, stressed... a new era has come for the Korean people... and they should march together on a road to peace.<br /><br /> "Thanks to our leaders' patriotism and passion... and the people's ironclad will for reunification, a new era of peace and prosperity is now opening. Just as we like the same food, we have the same ideals and the same path ahead of us."<br /><br /> South Korea's Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon highlighted how visiting Pyeongyang feels so normal now.<br />He added... the core point of the latest inter-Korean summit agreement is 'taking real actions'... and that has already begun.<br /><br /> "With this joint celebration of the October 4th anniversary, we are implementing the Pyeongyang Joint Declaration. I look forward to even more people in both Koreas making peace and prosperity together."<br /><br />He added... peace and prosperity will definitely settle... when the two Koreas are connected by truly demilitarizing the border area and the Korean Peninsula becomes denuclearized.<br /><br /> The leader of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party Lee Hae-chan, who visited Pyeongyang back in 2007 as a Prime Minister of the Roh Moo-hyun administration,... said he feels a major change is underway.<br />He said he's grateful that possibly FOUR inter-Korean summits could take place this year alone.<br /><br /> "We've been divided for 70 years and that has harmed us so much. I'm grateful we're ending that era of division and confrontation, and shifting to a new era of peace and prosperity."<br /><br /> Earlier on Thursday, the South Korean delegation toured a science-technology complex in Pyeongyang... and watched a music performance by North Korean singers and bands.<br /> One-hundred-60 South Koreans went to Pyeongyang on Thursday for a three-day trip... to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the 2007 summit agreement, called the October 4th Declaration.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News. <br />
