| February 3 |
- The South and North agreed to
convene working-level Red Cross meetings at Tongilgak in the
northern part of Panmunjeom on February 5 to discuss the
reunions of separated families.
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| February 5 | - Working-level
Red Cross meetings were convened and reached agreement to
hold the reunions for separated families on Mt. Geumgang on
February 20-25 during the Lunar New Year holiday.
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| February 6 |
- The Ministry of Unification, in its New Year‘s report to
the President, presents nine key initiatives based on its
three strategic points for 2014: (i) the
establishment of sustainable peace on the Korean
Peninsula; (ii) the full-fledged
operation of the Trust-Building Process on the Korean
Peninsula; and (iii) preparations for an era of a
unified Korean Peninsula.
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| February 6 | - The North‘s
National Defense Commission Policy Department issues a
statement that the North might not fulfill the agreement as
long as the South‘s slander continues against the North
Korean regime, indicating that it may not carry out the
agreed reunions.
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| February
6 | - In response to the North‘s
National Defense Commission Policy Department statement, the
Unification Ministry announces the ROK government‘s stance
by expressing regret over the North‘s threats and connecting
irrelevant events to the reunions, and reaffirmed that the
agreement must be observed.
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| February 7 | - The Joint
Subcommittee for 3Cs holds working-level meetings on
communications to agree upon the Internet connection methods
including Internet network configuration and routes and
service offering methods.
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| February 8 | - North Korea‘s
National Defense Commission sends a message to the Blue
House proposing the holding of inter-Korean high-level
meetings.
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| February 10 |
- The two Koreas agree to convene a
high-level inter-Korean meeting at the Peace House in
Panmunjom on February 12.
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| February 12 | - South and
North Korea holds a high-level inter-Korean meeting to
comprehensively discuss pressing issues such as the reunions
of separated families and the cessation of slander and
defamation against each other and ended with no specific
agreements.
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| February 14 |
- The inter-Korean high-level
meeting resumes and North and South announce an agreed joint
press release, stating that (i) the
reunions of separated families would take place as
scheduled; (ii) slander and
defamation against each other should be ended to promote
mutual understanding and trust; and (iii) the two
Koreas should continue to discuss matters of mutual
interest, make strenuous efforts to improve inter-Korean
ties, and hold high-level meetings at a mutually convenient
time.
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| February 17 |
- The Commission Of Inquiry on Human
Rights in the Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea (COI)
presents its final report on the human rights situation in
North Korea.
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| February
18 | - At a Cabinet meeting,
President Park orders the formulation of fundamental
measures on the reunions of separated families. She says,
"Last year alone, there were 3,800 applicants for the
reunion who passed away without meeting their family
members. There should be fundamental measures through which
separated families can meet each other more
often."
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| February
20-25 | - The reunions of
separated families is held at Mt. Geumgang during the Lunar
New Year holiday. At the first round (February 20-22), 82
South Koreans meet with 178 North Korean family members. At
the second round (February 23-25), 88 North Koreans meet
with 357 South Korean family members.
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| February 21 |
- Inter-Korean communication service providers holds
meetings to discuss the timeline for construction of the
Internet network and other matters related to the 3Cs for
the GIC.
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| February 21 |
- The ROK government allows
humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the North: 17 tons
of powdered milk worth 340 million won provided by the 1090
Peace and Unification Movement Foundation and tuberculosis
medications worth 720 million won by the Eugene Bell
Foundation.
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| February 21 |
- North Korea fires four
short-range missiles.
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| February 24 | - The
commissioner of the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency of
South Korea sends a message to the chairman of the National
Veterinary Quarantine Committee of North Korea to offer help
to the North in preventing the spread of and fight against
foot-and-mouth disease in the North and propose the holding
of working-level meetings.
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| February 24-25 | - A North
Korean patrol boat violates the Northern Limit Line (NLL)
three times in the coastal waters of Yeonpyeong-do,
approximately 24 km west of the island.
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| February 25 |
- President Park announces a three-year plan for economic
innovation and an initiative to launch a preparatory
committee for unification.
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| February 27 | - Seoul
approves a private organization, Seomgim, to send
humanitarian aid in the form of nutritious powder worth 190
million won to North Korean children.
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| February 27 | - North
Korea fires four short-range ballistic missiles.
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| February 27 |
- Kim Jong-wook, a South Korean detained in North Korea,
speaks at a news conference.
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| February 27 | - The Ministry
of Unification spokesperson announces the ROK government‘s
stance, strongly urging Pyongyang to forthwith repatriate
the detained South Korean.
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| February 28 | - Pyongyang
refuses to receive the South‘s message calling for the
prompt repatriation of the South Korean detained in
Pyongyang.
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