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Representatives of the nation's two big labor union groups, returning from a trip last week to Pyeongyang, said Monday that they would celebrate May Day this year in the North Korean capital with their Northern counterparts.
Officials from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions were in Pyeongyang from last Tuesday to Saturday for a conference, the South-North Korean Laborers' Meeting for Unification 2003. The officials agreed at the meeting on a variety of joint events to celebrate the May 1 holiday, including a six-kilometer running race. The groups also said that a soccer match between South and North Korean workers would be held in Seoul soon.
Leading the talks, which sought to promote more exchanges between the two countries, were Chairman Lee Nam-soon of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, Yoo Duk-sang of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, and Yeom Soon-kil, an executive from the North's Chosun Occupation Federation.
The South's delegation consisted of 27 persons. They were able to visit the mythically significant Mount Baekdu during their stay.
(Mun Gap-sik, gsmoon@chosun.com )
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