KOREAN ENGLISH CHINESE JAPANESE         HomePeace and future of DMZInterchange & cooperationPersonnel exchange     1) Visiting between South and North Korea   2) Status of visiting by field 3) Contact with people of North Korea       1) Visiting between South and North Korea   Visiting between South and North Korea has mainly conducted in the way that South Korean has visited North Korea since a guiding principle of exchange and cooperation between South and North Korea was enforced from 12 June, 1989. Departure of South Koreans to the North to attend in the reunion of South-North separated family members   [Status of visiting between South and North Korea by year] (Unit: Person / Date: 31 Dec. 2003)) Year Division Application Approval Success 1989 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 1(1) - 1(1) - 1(1) - 1990 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 7(199) 5(306) 6(187) 5(306) 3(183) 4(291) 1991 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 12(244) 3(175) 11(243) 3(175) 10(237) 3(175) 1992 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 17(303) 4(113) 8(257) 3(103) 8(257) 3(103) 1993 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 6(21) 2(6) 5(19) 2(6) 4(18) 2(6) 1994 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 12(78) - 7(54) - 1(12) - 1995 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 64(563) 1(7) 58(543) 1(7) 52(536) - 1996 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 50(249) - 35(170) - 28(146) - 1997 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 156(1,194) - 149(1,172) - 136(1,015) - 1998 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 402(3,980) - 387(3,716) - 340(3,317) - 1999 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 886(6,199) 1(62) 862(5,997) 1(62) 822(5,599) 1(62) 2000 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 865(8,070) 10(706) 845(7,737) 10(706) 804(7,280) 10(706) 2001 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 786(9,148) 5(191) 737(8,805) 5(191) 698(8,551) 5(191) 2002 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 802(13,502) 13(1,120) 774(12,979) 13(1,120) 753(12,825) 13(1,052) 2003 Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 1,060(16,161) 11(1,023) 1,028(15,697) 11(1,023) 983(15,280) 11(1,023) Total Visiting North KoreaVisiting South Korea 5,126(59,912) 55(3,709) 4,913(57,577) 54(3,699) 4,643(55,257) 52(3,609) The number of Mt. Geumgang tourists are excluded.