The South Korean government plans to digitize thousands of historic cadastral maps of the North for use in infrastructure and the establishment and operation of “efficient” land policy following unification, a proposal seen by NK News and released last week shows.

The ROK’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has allocated KRW972 million (USD $875,754) to the project, and is seeking non-governmental partners to conduct the work.

The work will involve the digitizing of more than 10,590 original drawings from cadastral surveys of the North and the establishment of an online database with a deadline of late November.

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