The two Koreas’ joint excavation project at Kaesong, on the Northern side of the DMZ has completed their scheduled six months of research yesterday, which culminated in the discovery of a new piece of metal type.

The team released its new findings, including a metal type piece from the Koryo Dynasty that appears to date back to before 1361, when the Monwoldae palace was burned by the Red Turban invasion of China.

Choi Gwang-sik, chief of the Council of South and North Historians, unveiled the results of the inter-Korean project’s longest stretch of work since it began in 2006.

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