SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday proposed working-level talks with North Korea on the normalization of the suspended inter-Korean industrial complex in the communist country, South Korean News Agency "Yonhap".
The Kaesong Industrial Complex has been shut down since early April, when the North pulled all its workers from South Korean companies there amid heightened tensions on the peninsula.
"The government wants talks to be held at the truce village of Panmunjom," Ministry of Unification spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said in a briefing.
"Seoul's stance remains consistent and centers on government authorities resolving all outstanding issues related to Kaesong through dialogue," he said, adding that Seoul is calling for swift talks so as to reflect the difficulties encountered by companies with factories at the border town.
The official said the other agendas that had been brought forth by the North in the past can be discussed at the negotiating table.
Prior to the aborted senior-level talks in June, Pyongyang said it wanted to touch on the resumption of Mount Kumgang tours and to host family reunions for people separated by the Korean War in 1950-53.
The North's invitation, meanwhile, came after members of the Kaesong Industrial Complex Companies Association said they want to relocate machinery equipment from the border town complex. (QNA)
