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China-Japan-Koreas
N.Korea Says Factory Owners Can Come to Kaesong
2013-05-29
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

#7  South Korean authorities need not worry unnecessarily about the owners' safety

That's the key phrase right there
"neednot worry UNNESSARILY about the owners safety.

But what about NECESSARY worries?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-05-29 20:36  

#6  Hmm..Lucy Van Pelt to the white courtesy phone.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-05-29 11:40  

#5  HAW, HAW, HAW, not biting.
Fool me once, but not twice.

You Loosee Facee.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-05-29 10:46  

#4  Seen that game before, have they?
Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226   2013-05-29 10:27  

#3  Maybe we could send our Sec State and a few Senators to Kaesong too, to help with negotiations - and they could stay until everything is fixed.
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-05-29 08:52  

#2  I wonder if South Korea's tax structure allows for writeoffs for nonperforming assets, because that's what you have here. If I were a factory owner, I'd look into it.
Posted by: Raj   2013-05-29 00:48  

#1  Must be looking for Hostages. And if they send the 'complex management committee' so much the better.

Factory owners and 'management committee' members probably make very good hostages. Some might even be politically connected.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-05-29 00:21  

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