24 May 2017

News Story: S.Korea to resume economic cooperation with DPRK according to nuke issue progress

SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea has planned to resume economic cooperation with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when a nuclear issue makes progress, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday.

An unnamed unification ministry official was quoted as saying the resumption of economic cooperation projects between South Korea and the DPRK will be pushed in the long run when the DPRK's nuclear issue is resolved.

The inter-Korean factory park in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong was closed down under the Park Geun-hye government following the DPRK's fourth nuclear test in January last year.

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