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Pyongyang rejects Hyundai Asan's bid to hold memorial service in N. Korea

All News 11:59 July 27, 2017

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea rejected Hyundai Asan Corp.'s request to hold a memorial service next month to mark the anniversary of the death of its former chairman, a corporate source said Thursday.

The operator of the now-suspended tour program to Mount Kumgang on North Korea's east coast has held the memorial service for Chung Mong-hun at the scenic resort since his death in August 2003.

The company did not seek approval for the visit last year due to tensions sparked by the North's nuclear and missile tests.

The North's Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee is known to have delivered its rejection via fax, according to the sources.

South Korea's unification ministry earlier gave the green light to the company's plan to contact the North to arrange the memorial service.

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