Inter-korean Trade Hit Record High Last Year

The two Koreas marked record cross-border trade in 2007 amid a growing mood for peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Unification Ministry said Monday (Jan. 7).
Bilateral trade jumped 33 percent to $1.79 billion last year from $1.35 billion a year earlier, according to the ministry.
"The rise mainly comes from a 52 percent increase in the trade of minerals and marine products," the ministry said in a press release.