ROK, DPRK join hands for volcano research

MUNSAN/SEOUL. March 29. KAZINFORM The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) teamed up Tuesday for a rare joint research into volcanic activities at the highest mountain on the Korean peninsula; Kazinform refers to China Daily.

The meeting, kicked off in the ROK's border city of Munsan, brought together civilian experts from both sides of the border to discuss a possibility of volcanic eruptions of Mount Paekdu amid rising concern following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in neighboring Japan.

Four ROK's geologists and earthquake experts will sit down with DPRK volcano experts in a meeting first proposed by Pyongyang, which many here say might potentially signify a thaw in frozen inter-Korean ties; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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