Pyongyang, Seoul talk on industry

Pyongyang and Seoul held talks yesterday on the further development of the symbolic Kaesong industrial complex.

The industrial park at Kaesong is jointly managed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) and is a key symbol of economic cooperation between the two countries, though tensions between the two have occasionally put operations there in danger.

Currently, about 110 ROK companies have a presence in the complex, employing about 42,000 workers from the DPRK in the production of labor-intensive goods.