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Article: SEOUL MINISTER RULES OUT SHUTDOWN OF KAESONG PARK.
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- May 18, 2009
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"crisis" it faces after Pyongyang's unilateral decision to scrap business contracts there, Seoul's unification minister said Monday.
Seoul plans to make another offer for inter-Korean talks involving the Kaesong complex, the last remaining reconciliatory project between the two sides, even though North Korea has already rejected two earlier proposals, minister Hyun In-taek said.
The joint venture in the North's border town of Kaesong is girding itself for possible setbacks after North Korea announced it had canceled all inter-Korean contracts regarding the complex and will unilaterally raise wages, land fees and taxes. Pyongyang also told South Korean ...