韓朝就開城工業園區工薪問題舉行會談大綱

North and South Korea officials hold talks Thursday aimed at resolving a protracted wage dispute at a jointly run factory complex.

朝鮮和韓國官員星期四舉行會談，爭取解決雙方長期以來圍繞開城工業園區工人工資問題的分歧。

A South Korean delegation left early Thursday for the Kaesong Industrial Complex, which lies on the North Korean side of the countries' tense border.

一個韓國代表團星期四清晨啓程前往開城工業園區。該園區位於事態緊張的南北朝分界線上朝鮮一側。

Lee Sang-min, head of the Seoul delegation, said it will be the first meeting since June for the joint commission in charge of running the complex.

韓國代表團團長李相民說，自今年6月以來，這將是負責運營開城工業園區的聯合委員會首次舉行會談。

The two sides have been mired in a months-long dispute over the North's unilateral move to raise the minimum monthly wage for its workers at the complex from $70.35 to $74.00, starting in March.

從3月開始，朝鮮單方面將園區內的朝鮮工人最低月薪從70.35美元提高到74美元，雙方就這一問題進行了持續一個月的爭執。

South Korea insists that any wage change must be determined through mutual agreement.

韓國堅持說，對工薪所做的任何調整都必須由雙方共同決定。

More than 53,000 North Korean workers are employed by about 120 South Korean factories in the park, which opened in 2004 and is one of the few areas of North-South economic cooperation.

開城工業園區有大約120家韓國工廠，僱用着5萬3千多名朝鮮工人。該園區於2004年開始運營，是南北雙方爲數不多的經濟合作項目之一。