SOUTH KOREA
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Trade Prospects Cited: Annual two-way trade between South and North Korea could approach $7 billion if the two sides began full-fledged deals, a government estimate said here. Yonhap news agency quoted the Economic Planning Board and the trade and industry ministry as saying the South could receive 30 items worth $890 million from its hostile neighbor while exporting 55 items worth $5.88 billion to the North. Trade between the capitalist South and communist North is projected to reach $200 million this year.
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