N., S. Korea break ground for industrial complex

TOKYO, Japan - A groundbreaking ceremony for a project to build an industrial complex is held in Kaesong, a North Korean city just north of the truce village of Panmunjom, on June 30. Under an agreement between South Korea's Hyundai Business Group and North Korea, an industrial park of around 3.3 million square meters is to be established in Kaesong by 2007.

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