Hyundai founder Chung visits N. Korea

Hyundai Business Group founder Chung Ju Yung (C) enters North Korea Feb. 4 via the truce village of Panmunjom for talks on the Mt. Kumgang tourism project and the establishment of an industrial complex in the North. Chung, accompanied by six Hyundai executives, crossed Panmunjom, the only inter-Korean border-crossing point, at around 11 a.m. He plans to return by the same route Feb. 6.

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