HL Deb 31 May 1995 vol 564 cc77-8WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether some mitigation of the South Korean National Security Law (which forbids South Koreans, under pain of imprisonment from visiting North Korea) might help the achievement of "a peaceful settlement in the Korean Peninsula" (H.L. Deb., 6 April 1995, Col. WA 33).

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

The best prospects for achieving peace on the Korea peninsula lie in a resumption of dialogue between the governments of North and South Korea. Sadly, despite repeated urgings by the international community, North Korea at present refuses to enter into such a dialogue.