South Korean minister vows to resume Mount Kumgang tourism ‘as soon as possible'

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South Korean minister vows to resume Mount Kumgang tourism ‘as soon as possible’

Unification minister Lee In-young wants to revamp tourism projects, but it won’t be easy amid tensions with Pyongyang

Jeongmin Kim August 28, 2020

South Korean minister vows to resume Mount Kumgang tourism ‘as soon as possible’

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South Korea’s unification minister Lee In-young vowed to resume Mount Kumgang tourism “as soon as possible” on Friday, speaking at a meeting with business people who previously invested in the project.

Once jointly run between North and South Korea, the Mount Kumgang tourist region was suspended in 2008 after a South Korean tourist was shot and killed.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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