<Exchange
of People>
<Visits
to North Korea>
o
During the month of November, the total number of applications for
visits to North Korea was 83, a decrease of 17.0% from 100 in October.
It included 30 for economic exchanges, 8 for social and cultural
exchanges, 9 for tourism, 12 for the LWR project and 24 for humanitarian
aid.
· The number increased by 69.4% from 49 in November
2001.
o The total number of actual visits made during this
period was 1,215, a decrease of 44.5% from 2,190 in October.
It included 213 for economic exchanges, 97 for social and cultural
exchanges, 91 for tourism, 384 for the LWR project and 430 for humanitarian
aid.
· The number increased by 125.8% from 538 during
the same period last year
* The total number of Mt. Geumgang tourists during Noember
was 10,985 in 20 trips altogether, showing a 10.4% decrease from
12,270 in October and an 212.3% increase from 3,517 during
the same period last year.
<Contacts
with North Koreans>
o
During the month of November the total number of the applications
for inter-Korean contact was 143, a decrease of 18.2% from 175
in the previous month. It included 39 for family reunion, 81 for
economic exchanges, 22 for social and cultural exchanges and 1 for
tourism.
· The number increased by 47.4% from 97 during the
same period last year.
o The total number of actual contacts made during
this period was 93, including 26 for family reunion, 43 for economic
exchanges, 24 for social and cultural exchanges.
· The number increased by 30.9% from 91 during the
same period last year.
<Inter-Korean
Trade>
<Overview>
o
The total volume of inter-Korean trade during November 2002 was
$126.655 million in 236 items, showing a 29.3% increase from $97.944
million in 231 items during the previous month and a 284.3% increase
from $32.954 million in 225 items during the same month last year.
o Import from North Korea totalled $68.500 million
in 90 items, a 82.5% increase from $37.543 million in 80 items during
the previous month and a 201.4% increase from $22.729 million
in 82 items during the same month last year.
·Of this, the total amount of commercial imports
were $68.154 million, non-commercial imports accounted for $346,000
·Commercial imports included $15.294 million of
products in processing trade and $52.860 million of other commercial
transactions.
·$346,000 of non-commercial imports were materials
for other cooperation Projects.
·The composition of the imports was as follows :
|
Textile
Products
|
20.5%
|
|
Agricultural
and Fishery Products
|
14.8%
|
|
Electric
and Electronic Products
|
2.3%
|
o Export to North Korea totalled $58.154 million
in 172 items, a 3.7% decrease from $60.402 million in 183 items
during the previous month and a 468.7% increase from $10.225 million
in 167 items during the same month last year.
·Of this, the total amount of commercial exports
was $4.675 million while non-commercial exports accounted
for $53.480 million.
·Commercial exports included $4.175 million of raw
materials for processing trade and $500,000 of other commercial
transactions.
·Non-commercial exports included $10.364 million
of materials for the LWR project, $40.527 million of humanitarian
aid, $1.234 million of materials for the Mt. Geumgang project
and $1.355 million of materials for other cooperation projects.
·The composition of the exports was as follows :
|
Chemical
Products
|
7.2%
|
|
Steel
and Metal Products
|
7.0%
|
|
Textile
Products
|
7.9%
|
|
Electric
and Electronic Products
|
4.3%
|
|
Machineries
|
18.4%
|
|
Agricultural
and Fishery Products
|
53.2%
|
<Processing
Trade>
o
The total volume of processing trade during November 2002 was $19.468
million, a decrease by 38.2% from $31.496 million in the previous
month, and a 54.3% increase from $12.621 million during the same
month last year. This constituted 15.4% of the total inter-Korean
trade or 26.7% of commercial trade during the month of November.
o The volume of import in processing trade was $15.294
million, a decrease by 40.9% from $25.894 million in the previous
month, and a 66.2% increase from $9.204 million during the same
month last year.
· The composition of the imports was as follows
:
|
Textile
Products
|
91.8%
|
|
Agricultural
and Fishery Products
|
2.5%
|
|
Electric
and Electronic Products
|
3.7%
|
o The volume of export in processing trade was $4.175
million, a decrease by 25.5% from $5.602 million in the previous
month and a increase by 22.2% from $3.417 million during the same
month last year.
· The composition of
the exports was as follows :
|
Textile
Products
|
64.1%
|
|
Electric
and Electronic Products
|
21.4%
|
|
Houshold
Products
|
4.4%
|
<Humanitarian
Projects>
A.
Separated Families
o
Exchange - unit:
#ofcase(#ofpeople)
|
|
Application
for Contact
|
Address
Check
|
Reunion
|
Exchange
of Letters
|
|
39(50)
|
22
|
24
|
73
|
o
Number of Success by Intermediary - unit
: #of case
|
|
Area
|
S
& N
Korea Govern
ments
|
Koreans
Living Abroad
|
Institu
tional
Broker
|
Media
Organi
zation
|
Others
|
Not
Filled
|
Total
|
|
Address
Check
|
-
|
16
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
22
|
|
Reunion
|
-
|
18
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
24
|
o
Number of Success by Place - unit
: #of case
|
|
Area
|
Korea
|
China
|
Japan
|
USA
|
Others
|
Not
Filled
|
Total
|
|
Address
Check133
|
-
|
20
|
11-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
22
|
|
Reunion
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
24
|
o
Government Subsidy - unit:10,000wons
|
|
Area
|
#
of Recipients
|
Amount
|
|
Address
Check
|
11
|
1590
|
|
Exchange
letters
|
10
|
520
|
|
Reunion
|
21
|
4,780
|
|
Total
|
41
|
6,890
|
B.
Humanitarian Assistance(NGOs)
|
|
Donor
|
Items
& Volume
|
Amount($)
|
|
Korean National
Red
Cross
|
18,864 cans
of baby food, 5,000 sets of school supplies
|
103,251
|
|
Korean Sharing
Movement
|
30 tons of wheat
flour, medicines, agricultural machines, etc.
|
114,947
|
|
Good Neighbors
|
machinery and
construction materials, kitchen supplies, medicines,
2400 bags of assorted feed, etc.
|
2,859,272
|
|
Eugene Bell Foundation
|
medical instruments,
medicines, greenhouse 24sets, 23 generators, antituberculosis
drug 10,000kits, etc
|
1,209,162
|
|
Okedongmu Children
in
Korea
|
medicines
|
1,032,719
|
|
One Buddhism
|
6,500 blankets
|
117,793
|
|
Inter Korea Agricultural
Development & Cooperation
|
seed potatoes
|
205,120
|
|
Korean church Federation
of Support for North Korea
|
dry milk,
baby clothes, etc.
|
1,595,757
|
|
JTS Korea
|
13tons of dry
milk, 25tons of sugar, living necessaries
|
53,611
|
|
South-North Kangwon
cooperation
|
construction
materials, instrument facilities, etc.
|
35,578
|
|
One Korea Buddhist Movement
|
30tons
of wheat flour, clothes
|
32,262
|
|
Korea Association of
Health Promotion
|
2million tablets
of vermicide
|
762,695
|
|
total
|
|
8,122,167
|
C.
Assistance for Resettlement
£ï
Number of Defectors who entered into S.Korea (2002)
|
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
oct
|
Nov
|
total
|
|
Male
|
23
|
19
|
54
|
43
|
59
|
65
|
27
|
50
|
59
|
34
|
39
|
399
|
|
Female
|
28
|
25
|
66
|
54
|
65
|
60
|
42
|
35
|
64
|
49
|
80
|
439
|
|
total
|
51
|
44
|
120
|
97
|
124
|
125
|
69
|
85
|
123
|
83
|
118
|
1,039
|
|
