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November 14, 2024
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Hyundai Group CEO gets green light to visit N. Korea’s Mount Kumgang on Friday

Hyun Jeong-eun to attend memorial service for late husband, no meetings with officials planned

The head of South Korea's Hyundai Group will visit North Korea this week to attend a memorial ceremony for her late husband and the company's former chairman Chung Mong-hun.

The Ministry of Unification (MOU) on Wednesday said it had approved Hyun Jeong-eun and her 15-member delegation’s visit to Mount Kumgang on Friday - her first such trip in four years.

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