A senior official of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) said Tuesday that the group intends to send its first group of members to South Korea, perhaps on Aug. 15.
The announcement comes a day after North and South Korean negotiators struck an agreement that paves way for Korean residents in Japan belonging to Chongryun to visit South Korea.
The official said first-generation Korean residents, who came here during Japan's 1910-1945 rule of the Korean Peninsula, will be given priority when members of the first group are chosen.