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The two Koreas will step up cooperation in the IT sector amid brisk inter-Korean economic cooperation since an inter-Korean summit in early October. According to the Unification Ministry on Tuesday, heads of eight South Korean IT companies, including Dasan Networks CEO Nam Min-woo, will leave for Pyongyang on Wednesday at the invitation of North Korean authorities. They will discuss measures to facilitate inter-Korean IT cooperation with officials of North Korea¡¯s Samcholli General Corp. during a four-day stay that ends on Dec. 1.
The North¡¯s National Economic Cooperation Federation sent an invitation to Nam on Oct. 9, shortly after the inter-Korean summit. The NECF is in charge of inter-Korean economic cooperation projects and has Samcholli General Corp., Gaesun Trading Corp. and Kwangmyongsung General Corp under its umbrella. Nam said inter-Korean IT cooperation began shortly after the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, when South Korean IT companies used a North Korean labor pool in developing software in Dandong, China. He said the two Koreas will ¡°exchange a wide range of ideas¡± to further IT cooperation by taking advantage of improved inter-Korean relations. He predicted the two Koreas will discuss the establishment of a software development complex in Pyongyang or Kaesong based on their experience of jointly developing computer programs in Dandong.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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