Two South Korean government-run organizations plan to examine ways to boost inter-Korean cooperation in intellectual property rights management through a series of research projects, documents seen by NK News this week showed.

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) is set to commission research to “suggest practical grounds and establish a cooperative system to initiate inter-Korean cooperation in the field of industrial property rights and promote it in a stable manner.”

The “policy research” — which the KIPO aims to complete by November 15 and is set to cost KRW80 million ($67,255) — was opened to bidders last week with an