SEOUL: South Korea said yesterday it had postponed a planned investment road show aimed at drumming up foreign interest in the Kaesong industrial zone run jointly with North Korea.
A Unification Ministry official said the move reflected a recent downturn in cross-border relations and slow progress at talks aimed at resuming full operations at Kaesong.
The investment event had been scheduled for October 31 at the Kaesong complex, which lies 10km inside the North Korean border. “The delay was inevitable due to the lack of progress at talks with North Korea to enhance communication, and travel to and from Kaesong,” the ministry official said.
North Korea effectively shut down Kaesong when it withdrew its 53,000 workers from the complex in April, at the height of a surge in military tensions on the Korean peninsula. The North was notified of the postponement last Friday, he added. No new date for the road show has been set. AFP
