Religious groups of the two Koreas are working on holding a joint event in North Korea in the second half of this year to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. 

Secretary General Kim Kwang-joon of the Korea Conference of Religions for Peace, a council of South Korea’s seven religious organizations, announced the plan in a news conference on Monday.

Kim said that the conference and the North’s Korean Council of Religionists, an association of the North’s five religions, already discussed the plan positively during their annual meeting Beijing in November. He added that the schedule and venue for the event will be decided as early as next month in working-level talks.

Kim also said that officials from the conference plans to visit the North in April or May to hold discussions at the working level with North Korean officials.

The conference also plans to hold a peace concert around Liberation Day on August 15 in Paju,  Gyeonggi Province or Cherown in Gangwon Province.