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Ceremony Held in Kaesong

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Kaesong, October 20 (KCNA) -- A ceremony was held here on October 20 to inaugurate the Kaesong Industrial Zone Management Committee and start the construction of enterprises to operate in the zone. Present there from the north side were Ju Tong Chan, general director of the General Bureau for Central Guidance to the Development of the Special Zone, and officials concerned and from the south side Jo Myong Gyun, head of the Group for Supporting the Work in the Kaesong Industrial Zone of the south Korean Ministry of Unification, Kim Yun Gyu, president of Hyundai Asan, Pak Kon U, acting president of the Land Company, and those concerned with economy.
    Ju Tong Chan and Jo Myong Gyun made speeches there.
    Ju said that the inauguration of the committee to supervise management and operation of the Kaesong industrial zone and proclamation of it at home and abroad were precious fruition of the June 15 joint declaration. He underscored the need for the committee to positively contribute to bringing earlier the day of the reunification of the country.
    At the end of the ceremony, representatives of the north and south broke the ground to start the construction.