Seoul's Unification Ministry on Tuesday publicly called for Pyongyang to respond to its plan to repatriate the remains of a North Korean national found in June.

North Korea on Monday rejected the new South Korean president's proposal for talks, saying that his policy toward the North was no different ​than that of his ousted predecessor, under ​whom relations had plunged to the lowest point in years.

South Korea on Tuesday called on North Korea to respond to its plan to repatriate the remains of a North Korean national found on the southern side of the inter-Korean maritime border. The remains of the body believed to be those of a North Korean national were found on the shore of Seongmodo,