South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul (centre) salutes with North Korean refugees and their family members during a ceremony to celebrate the Lunar New Year near the demilitarized zone of Panmunjom, in Paju, South Korea on Jan 25, 2020. - AP
SEOUL (Xinhua): South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul on Wednesday (June 17) offered to resign amid worsened relations with North Korea, according to local media reports.
Kim told local reporters at a press room of the government complex in Seoul that he decided to step down as the chief of the unification ministry, in charge of inter-Korean affairs, to take responsibility for the worsening relations between the two Koreas.
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