A week after purge, business as usual at N. Korean factory park

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea hosted a group of foreign officials and journalists on Thursday in a rare opening of an industrial zone jointly run with the South, a week after the regime executed the powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong Un.

North and South Korean officials also held meetings at the Kaesong complex on Thursday to discuss the operations of the factory park, their first contact since the purge of Jang Song Thaek, considered the second-most powerful man in the country.