S. Korea, DPRK discuss Joint Industrial Complex

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have agreed to meet again on July 2 to continue discussing the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex. The third round of government-level talks between the two countries took place at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex on Friday.

South Korean chief delegate Kim Young-tak, center, and other officials return from the North Korean border city of Kaesong at a transmit office in Paju near the border village of the  Panmunjom, South Korea, Friday, June 19, 2009. Officials from  the two Koreas held talks Friday on the fate of a joint  industrial complex, facing an uncertain future after North  Korea detained a South Korean working there and later demanded a 3,000 percent hike in rent for the site.(AP Photo/Ahn  Young-joon)

The 14-member delegation from South Korea crossed the northern border to Kaesong on Thursday morning. Before the crossing, delegation head Kim Young-tak said they will focus primarily on the issue of a South Korean worker detained since late March for publicly denouncing the regime of the DPRK.

Kim Young-tak added that they will also notify Pyongyang that Seoul will not accept demands made in the second round of talks.