With North Korea yet to respond to Seoul's proposal for inter-Korean talks, Seoul's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae has again urged Pyongyang to come forward for dialogue.

Attending the Central Association for Korean Unification's new year's ceremony Wednesday, Ryoo said it is now North Korea's turn to respond to the South's call.

Ryoo urged the North to come forward for dialogue as the South Korean Presidential Preparatory Committee for Unification proposed government-level talks late last year.

Ryoo also stressed that the goal of a unification bonanza will be realized if the two Koreas overcome disputes and splits in the road to unification.

During a news briefing Wednesday, unification ministry spokesman Lim Byeong-cheol also urged the North to quickly respond to the proposal for talks.

The spokesman said the South Korean government does not intend to make an additional proposal for working-level talks between the Red Cross organization of the two Koreas for reunions of separated families, but will wait for the North's response for now.