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Hyundai chairwoman headed to Kumgang for anniversary

South Korean government approves trip, says no plans for talks on inter-Korean site

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification on Sunday approved Hyundai Group chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun to visit North Korea for the anniversary of the Mount Kumgang resort.

The ceremony, to take place Tuesday, will commemorate the 16th anniversary of the foundation of the inter-Korean project that ended acrimoniously in 2008. That year South Korean tourist Park Wang-ja was fatally shot by a North Korean soldier after venturing into territory off-limits for resort visitors, and North Korea refused the South’s demands for an investigation and an apology.

Hyun previously went to the resort in 2009 to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the resort’s