Pyongyang demanded Seoul half a billion dollars for the rental of industrial.

Press konferentsiiVladimir Khrustalev expert Maritime State University named Admiral Nevelskogo29.05.2009Chem North Korea threatens the peace? North Korea estimated the rental value of land in the South Korean enterprises in the industrial Kesonskoy $ 500 million. According to AFP, this information was passed South Korean news agency Renhap ", referring to the result of bilateral negotiations.
The meeting was held June 11 in the border Kaesong, which is located on the territory of North Korea near the border with South Korea. The talks discussed the claims made by the DPRK in April 2009. Pyongyang demanded begin to pay rent, although a bilateral agreement on the South Korean companies have been exempted from the rent until 2014.
In addition, the DPRK demanded that the salary of North Korean workers at the industrial zone has been increased from 75 to 300 dollars a month.
Kesonskaya industrial zone was established in 2004 at 10 kilometers from the demilitarized zone. It employs about 40 thousand North Koreans and is a major source of currency for Pyongyang by paying taxes.
In 2008, Kesonskaya industrial production output by 250 million dollars. For South Korea, whose GDP in 2008 amounted to nearly a trillion dollars, Kaesong is not economic, and political significance, and is administered by the Ministry of association.