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Ex-vice unification minister to head Kaesong park committee
SEOUL (Yonhap)- A former vice unification minister has been named to lead a committee that oversees the inter-Korean joint industrial complex in North Korea, a unification ministry official said Monday.
Hong Yang-ho, who served as Seoul's No. 2 point man on North Korea from 2008 to 2010, is scheduled to take office as the chairman of the Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee in the North's western border city of Kaesong, the official said.
The joint committee is composed of some 50 South Korean civilians and eight North Korean officials.
The factory park has become the last-remaining symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement that has boomed following their first-ever summit in 2000.
More than 47,000 North Koreans work at about 120 South Korean firms operating in the industrial zone to produce clothes, utensils, watches and other goods. The project serves as a key legitimate cash cow for the impoverished communist country.
Hong Yang-ho, who served as Seoul's No. 2 point man on North Korea from 2008 to 2010, is scheduled to take office as the chairman of the Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee in the North's western border city of Kaesong, the official said.
The joint committee is composed of some 50 South Korean civilians and eight North Korean officials.
The factory park has become the last-remaining symbol of inter-Korean rapprochement that has boomed following their first-ever summit in 2000.
More than 47,000 North Koreans work at about 120 South Korean firms operating in the industrial zone to produce clothes, utensils, watches and other goods. The project serves as a key legitimate cash cow for the impoverished communist country.
