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Two Koreas should prepare to “immediately” start economic cooperation: minister

Seoul also hopes to reopen KIC "at the earliest possible time," Cho Myoung-gyon says

Seoul and Pyongyang should be ready to resume inter-Korean economic cooperation as soon as the international community lifts sanctions on the DPRK, South Korea's unification minister said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Korea Global Forum in Seoul, Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said Seoul is standing by to boost economic cooperation with the DPRK, while insisting that the ROK would not violate the international sanctions framework.

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