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Report: Seoul official denies Vladivostok meeting covered power plant

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South Korean government officials confirmed a meeting took place in Vladivostok between representatives of Seoul and Pyongyang.
Feb.9 (UPI) — South Korean government officials confirmed a meeting took place in Vladivostok between representatives of Seoul and Pyongyang, but denied a gas-fired power plant was discussed during the confidential gathering in 2019. Newsis reported Tuesday that a source at Seoul’s unification ministry confirmed an employee with South Korea’s public natural gas company Korea Gas Corp. met with a North Korean person in Russia, and the meeting was „legal.“ In the written briefing, the ministry’s source said the meetings between the KOGAS official and the North Korean resident that took place in November 2019 were part of „preparations to restart inter-Korean economic cooperation.

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