Hyundai Group chairwoman and CEO Hyun Jeong-eun on Friday said her company and North Korean authorities expect South Korean tourism to Mount Kumgang to restart within the year.

Hyun’s comments follow a visit to Mount Kumgang to attend a memorial event commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of her late husband and former Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-hun.

“We expect that tourism at Mount Kumgang will be resumed in the course of this year,” Hyun said at a news conference held at the Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) office in Goseong County, Gangwon Province, in comments carried by multiple South