North Korea: "No intention to examine" Hyundai chief's bid to visit

FILE PHOTO: South Korea's Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun speaks to the media upon her arrival at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul August 17, 2009, after she crossed the border. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said it has no intention to "examine" South Korea's Hyundai Group chief's plan to visit the North's Mount Kumgang, North Korea's foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun has been seeking to visit North Korea in August and submitted applications to South Korea's unification ministry, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday, citing an unnamed official at the ministry. Hyundai's late founder, Chung Ju-Yung, was born in North Korea.