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As mentioned earlier, the Gaesung South-North Joint Contact Office was established in September 2018 as a result of the declaration of Panmunjom. It is a 4 storey building with a cost of 24.8 billion won, all of which was borne by the Korean government.

This is reporter Jung Yun-sik.

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north-south inter-Korean joint office building in Kaesong is located in the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea.

The total area of ​​4,500 m2 on the 4th floor and 1st basement level.

On April 27, 2018, the South-North Korea Exchange and Cooperation Consultation Office was established in 2005 as an inter-Korean liaison office in Gaesung. The building has been reworked and used.


[Cho Myung-Kyun/Minister of Unification (September 2018): (North Korea) We have been able to discuss in person 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The South-North Joint Office wants to be the birthplace of national prosperity.]

[Lee Seon-Gwon/Chairperson Jo Pyeong-Tong (September 2018): (The Joint Contact Office) is a hot blood vein that connects the North and South to our Korean people… .]

Building, repairing and operating the building cost 24.8 billion won.

In 2005, when the first exchange office was built, the construction cost was 8 billion won, and in 2018, the cost of repairing the government building and the accommodation was 7.8 billion won.

In addition to this, repair facilities, such as water purification plants, cost 1.6 billion won, including 1.6 billion won, as well as renovation costs.


Three years after the opening, the operating cost was billions of won.

In 2019, the number of inter-Korean agreements held at the liaison office increased to 600 times. In 2019, 5.4 billion won was spent. This year, 1.14 billion won was used for operating expenses.

All of these costs were borne by our government.

The liaison office was located on the 2nd floor with the South Office and the North Office on the 4th floor, allowing constant communication between the North and the South. The explosion destroyed the building where both officials resided in 1 year and 9 months.

(Video Editing: Jinhoon Park) 

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