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N.Korea Says Factory Owners Can Come to Kaesong
North Korea on Tuesday said it is ready for talks to resume business in the Kaesong Industrial Complex if the South Korean factory owners visit.
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The North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement said, "South Korean authorities need not worry unnecessarily about the owners' safety. They can send them together with members of the complex management committee if they are still concerned."

The industrial park was effectively shut 50 days ago after the North closed the border amid rising tensions.

Until recently, the regime rejected South Korean offers of talks to salvage goods and raw materials left behind at the complex, blaming Seoul for the closure. Pyongyang cited annual South Korea-U.S. military exercises and South Korean media insults to its "dignity" as the reasons for the closure.

Tuesday's statement is only a partial concession since the invitation extends only to civilians rather than government officials members. The North Korean statement was about 2,400 words long, only 197 of which were about Kaesong. The rest was devoted to lambasting President Park Geun-hye and her administration.
Posted by: Steve White 2013-05-29
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