Brussels had indicated that it would lift the embargo if Turkish Cypriots voted in favor of a U.N.-sponsored unification plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

South Korea's Unification Ministry says Pyongyang's launch of at least five short-range missiles did not affect Tuesday's agreementto hold talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung says Seoul sent a message of protest to the North.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

But critics have accused Ghimpu of seeking re-unification with neighboring Romania, an E.U.member state.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The Unification Ministry in Seoul says hundreds of South Korean managers and other workers from the South were allowed to enter the industrial complex in the west coast Kaesong border city,Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26