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Regulations on Entry, Stay and Residence in Kaesong Industrial Zone Adopted

KCNA

    Pyongyang, December 17 (KCNA) -- The Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly in its decision adopted regulations on entry, stay and residence in the Kaesong Industrial Zone. The decision dated December 11, Juche 92 (2003) consists of 30 articles.
    The regulations will contribute to promoting the convenience in the entry of persons and transport means and for sojourners and residents by establishing a well-regulated system and order in the entry, stay and residence in the zone.
    According to the regulations, they are applicable to the persons and transport means coming to the zone from the south side's areas and overseas compatriots, foreigners and transport means using the same route.
    International terrorists, drug addicts, lunatics, cases of infectious diseases, those from the regions infected with epidemic diseases, bearers of false certificates or badly damaged ones, those who carry certificates whose term of validity has expired and others who are prohibited from entering, staying and residing in the zone as agreed upon are not allowed to do so.
    Excluded from the registration for stay are those who are expected to go back within 7 days from their arrival in the zone, members of international organizations and foreign missions in south Korea, tourists and those who are not required to make any registration for their stay.
    Other regulations clarify the issue of certificate related to the entry, procedures of issuing the certificates for stay and residence registration cards and the extension of their term of validity, the order of going outside the zone, etc.