SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday proposed talks with North Korea on reopening a shuttered joint industrial zone following months of high military tensions.

The proposal came a day after the North restored a cross-border hotline and announced it would let the South’s businessmen visit the Kaesong estate to check on their closed factories.

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