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Bizmen seek gov’t approval to visit Kaesong industrial park

By 박윤아

Published : Aug. 11, 2016 - 10:37

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[THE INVESTOR] A group of South Korean businessmen on Aug. 11 said they plan to ask the government again to approve their plan to visit the now-shuttered Kaesong industrial park.

Businessmen said there is a pressing need to visit North Korea to check their facilities at the complex, which was shut down six months ago.

Previously, the group made two similar requests to Seoul’s Unification Ministry, but the government rejected them, saying the move is not proper as the international community is moving to implement sanctions against the North over its nuclear and missile provocations.

“It is not appropriate that they are seeking to visit the factory zone, given the current situation on the divided peninsula,” a ministry official said.

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