USA TODAY / AP: North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks on reopening a jointly run factory complex and possibly other issues, a hopeful sign for ending deteriorating relations that comes just as China and the U.S. prepare for a summit where the North is expected to be a key topic.
North Korea said Thursday it is open to holding talks with South Korea on reopening the Kaesong complex just north of the Demilitarized Zone separating the countries. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said in a text message that it “positively accepts” the North’s announcement and will announce the date and agenda of talks later.
The decade-old complex, the product of an era of inter-Korean cooperation, shut down gradually this spring after Pyongyang cut border communications and access, then pulled the complex’s 53,000 North Korean workers. The last of hundreds of South Korean managers at Kaesong left last month… (more)
