European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine Island Chicago Tribune renewed contacts Between two Korea t by Edwin White associated press Hirt five years after they plunged into a devastating the two bitterly divided to reas have renewed tentative talk of unification is surfacing but koreans re member that All such efforts have failed not in my and not in your commented one older South echoing the sentiment of Many countrymen about a korean despite new contacts in economic affairs and humanitarian strident exchanges Only North Korea accused the South of following a nation splitting declaring that in one proposal for talks South Korea was trying to attach a horses Tail to a cows the two nations still stand at opposite poles politically and North a country of 19 million remains marxist and under the firm Oneman Rule of president Kim its Leader since South population 40 remains pro Western and and for much of the postwar period has been dominated by its whose tight controls periodically stir Street protests among student activists and the struggling there still is no formal peace in Only the armistice that has left a tense confrontation along the demilitarized zone meetings in the truce Village of Panmunjom of the military Armi Stice commission Are filled with Sharp exchanges Over alleged armistice without a permanent the two Korea have spent huge amounts of Money on their strength on the North korean Side is estimated at about including highly trained and in the South at Between and and 35 years after the Start of the korean in which hundreds of thousands of koreans and More than soldiers were almost Ameri can troops remain a major army ground the 2nd inf is positioned North of near the South Korea leaders maintain that the unpredictability of the North makes them wary of letting Down their the Calls the presence of the military in South Korea an obstacle to this Mutual distrust May make unification impossible for a Long time to but a new dialogue has developed Over the past it began with meetings of sports officials at pan Mun after an outburst of shouted political charges and they broke up with nothing but the Seoul Host for the asian games in 1986 and the summer olympics in is eager to Field unified korean teams for International sports events and has called for further one breakthrough last fall was believed to have sur prised both following severe flooding in South the Seoul government accepted an offer by the North to Supply Relief that was followed by another step a meet ing of economic experts at railway links and joint ventures were each Sid put Ting Forward differing no agreements re but a second meeting was held last month and another is red Cross officials of the two countries also resumed talks in after a 12year focusing on problems of an estimated 10 million family members separated when Korea was divided at the end of world War ii and by the 195053 korean the meet ing brought North korean officials to Seoul and there were smiles All no major achievements were but it was decided in principle to Exchange visitors and Folk Art troupes and red Cross delegations will meet again 27 in the North korean in Early South Korea retired general Chun repeated his often stated Call rejected by the North for a Summit meeting with saying it could pave the Way for a new Era for peace and Chun touched on a theme also sounded by outside political and economic that the Pyongyang governments recent openings have been aimed mainly at Western nations and More than at in Hopes that economic contacts could help North Korea overcome its internal although Little detailed information is available from North Korea closed it generally is agreed that the norths Economy is seriously and plans for opening up to foreign investment have made Little Prog South Korea Trade deficit widened in the first Quarter of this year to compared with million a year but the economic Miracle in the South since the 1960s has far outstripped performance in the when the North korean red Cross delegation came to it Rode in limousines and air Condi toned buses made in South was housed in a resort hotel Complete with gambling Casino and deluxe theater and visited a leading electronics one that is helping give South Korea an important place in the world electronics the Effort to impress the North korean visitors was they saw a booming South korean capital of almost 10 million a Metropolis that often resembles a Gigantic construction As new roads and buildings Are put in place at a frantic a photo South korean chief Delegate Kim Kihwan foreground right shakes hands with North korean chief Delegate i Sun Rok at opening of economic talks at Panmunjom in july 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13