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| South Korea has offered working-level talks with the North on reopening the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone. | South Korea has offered working-level talks with the North on reopening the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone. |
| Seoul made the proposal a day after Pyongyang said South Korean officials could visit the closed complex to inspect and maintain equipment. | Seoul made the proposal a day after Pyongyang said South Korean officials could visit the closed complex to inspect and maintain equipment. |
| Work at the factory park, which was a rare symbol of North-South co-operation, was halted in April amid high regional tensions. | Work at the factory park, which was a rare symbol of North-South co-operation, was halted in April amid high regional tensions. |
| Attempts to hold high-level talks last month failed on procedural grounds. | |
| "The government wants talks to be held at the truce village of Panmunjom," South Korea's Ministry of Unification said in a statement. | |
| "Seoul's stance remains consistent and centres on government authorities resolving all outstanding issues through dialogue." | |
| It said the offer of talks was made via a North-South hotline that was cut by Pyongyang in June but has now been restored. | |
| Pyongyang withdrew its 53,000 workers from the complex in April, apparently angered by tightened UN sanctions in the wake of its nuclear test in February, and annual South Korea-US military drills. | |
| North Korea also prevented South Korean workers from entering the joint commercial zone, which is located just inside North Korea. | |
| The last South Korean workers left the zone on 3 May. | |
| There were around 120 South Korean businesses in the factory park, which provided the North with a source of much-needed hard currency. |