North Korea proposes talks with South on commercial projects


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Jun 2013

South Korean vehicles carrying South Korean employees working at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), head towards the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) from KIC, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Thursday proposed official talks with South Korea to normalise commercial projects, including the Kaesong industrial zone that was shut down at the height of tensions between the rivals in early April.

North Korea's state-owned KCNA news agency also said the government would restore severed communications channels if the South accepted the offer of talks, indicating it was prepared to roll back a series of steps it has taken since March that reinforced the deterioration in relations between the two sides.

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