South Korean government proposed on Friday to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to hold governmental-level talks next week, to discuss pending issues related to the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Zone.
"We sent a letter (on the proposal) this morning," Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyoun said in a press briefing. "We are hoping that North side will respond to our proposal."
The talks will be focused on the contract revisions of the joint industrial complex in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, as well as a detained South Korean worker in the complex.
Pyongyang proposed government-level talks last month to discuss issues related to the Kaesong industrial zone. In the first round on April 21, the DPRK demanded wage hikes and contract revisions.
However, South Korea's major concern is the detained employee of Hyundai Asan Corp., the developer of the joint park, who was arrested on March 30 on charges of criticizing DPRK's political system.
South Korea had made a proposal earlier to hold the talks on this Friday. However, due to disputes over the detained South Korean worker, the proposal was rejected by the DPRK.
Source:Xinhua
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