Kaesong Complex to Begin Goods Production Within A Year.

From: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) | Date: September 4, 2000 | Copyright information

President Kim Dae-jung said yesterday that goods will be produced at an industrial complex in Kaesong within a year.

``Textile makers in Taegu and footwear manufacturers in Pusan, will relocate their money-losing plants to the Kaesong Industrial Complex, which the Hyundai business group plans to build in the border city in the North,'' Kim said in an interview with three major national TV stations-KBS, MBC and SBS.

South Korean makers of such light industrial ...

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