[Photo] S. Korea negotiating for Kaesong complex business owners to visit North Korea

The South Korean Ministry of Unification announced on Oct. 24 that its currently negotiating a visit to North Korea by business owners with investments in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. During a press briefing in Seoul, Unification Minister Spokesperson Baek Tae-hyun said the government is negotiating with North Korean authorities to allow entrepreneurs with investments in the Kaesong Industrial Complex to inspects their assets in North Korea. Although negotiations are still underway, it is expected that the visit will occur sometime next week. The business owners have been isolated from their assets since the Park Geun-hye administration shut down the complex in February 2016. They filed six requests to the Ministry of Unification to visit their facilities, but all of them were denied. (Hankyoreh archives)