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SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV, newspapers despite tensions

In this photo provided by South Korea Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, listens to Unification Ministry's policy briefing by Unification Minister Kwon Youngse at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 22, 2022. South Korea plans to lift its decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media as part of its efforts to promote mutual understanding between the rivals, officials said Friday, despite animosities over the North's recent missile tests. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP)

FILE - A man reads newspaper at a subway station in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 11, 2019. South Korea plans to lift its decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media as part of its efforts to promote mutual understanding between the rivals, officials said Friday, July 22, 2022, despite animosities over the North's recent missile tests. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

FILE - A man walks past TV monitors displaying a news program at an electronic shop in Seoul, South Korea, on Oct. 14, 2014, showing a North Korean newspaper with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiling, reportedly during his first public appearance in five weeks in Pyongyang, North Korea. The writing reads, "Honorable Kim Jong Un." South Korea plans to lift its decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other media as part of its efforts to promote mutual understanding between the rivals, officials said Friday, July 22, 2022, despite animosities over the North's recent missile tests. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV, newspapers despite tensions