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'U.S. Senate Seeks Resolution on Inter-Korean Children's Exchange'

Written: 2011-11-07 08:02:22Updated: 2011-11-07 14:08:22

'U.S. Senate Seeks Resolution on Inter-Korean Children's Exchange'

A resolution with measures aimed at coordinating peaceful exchanges between South and North Korean teens and children could be considered in the U.S. Senate.

The father of 14-year-old Korean-American environmental activist Jonathan Lee says that a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island has conveyed his will to submit to U.S. Congress a resolution designating March 21st as International Children's Peace Day.

This resolution is also believed to include ideas on peaceful inter-Korean exchanges such as opening a “children’s peace forest” in the border village of Panmunjeom and arranging meetings between South and North Korean children.

The teenage Korean American initially suggested the bill and will visit the United Nations this month to call for peaceful exchanges between the children of the two Koreas.

The young activist visited North Korea in August last year and delivered a letter for North Korean leader Kim Jong-il concerning the proposal of the “children’s peace forest” in Panmunjeom.

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