통일부 "오늘 연락사무소 소장회의 미개최... 북측 인원 8~9명 근무"<br /><br />Most of North Korea's staff have now returned to the inter-Korean contact office at the border... after they were abruptly pulled out a week ago.<br />Seoul's Unification Ministry says,... since Thursday, there have been about nine North Korean officers working at the joint liaison office -- an increase from the five seen earlier in the week.<br />Before the withdrawal, the North had ten officers there.<br />Despite their return, the South and North Korean ministers at the office did not meet face to face this morning.<br />That's because the North's minister did not show up and the deputy minister has been absent since mid-March.<br />The meeting is supposed to happen every Friday, but it hasn't since late last month.
