SEOUL, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- South Korea's president says he favors another inter-Korean industrial complex but the possibility depends on North Korea's attitudes.
President Lee Myung-bak, attending an international forum in Russia, said Friday North Korea should start by apologizing for the sinking of a South Korean naval vessel in March, Yonhap News Agency reported.
"I think North Korea should apologize for the Cheonan incident and inter-Korean relations should be normalized," Lee said in an interview on Russian television.
Relations between the countries have virtually come to a standstill since the incident.
The South cut off all joint economic projects with the North, except for the industrial complex jointly run by the two Koreas in the North's border town of Kaesong.
More than 100 South Korean firms operating there employ around 44,000 North Koreans.
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