INorth Korea ifuna ukukhuluma ngokuqala kabusha ezokuvakasha

SEOUL - INorth Korea edonsa kanzima yimali ngoLwesine iphakamise ukuthi kube nezingxoxo neSouth Korea mayelana nokuqalwa kabusha kwezinhlelo zezokuvakasha ezizitholele amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka kwaze kwaba konakala ubudlelwano.

IKomidi Lokuthula lase-Asia Pacific, i-ejensi yezwe ephethe ukuhwebelana kwemingcele, iphakamise umhlangano ngoJanuwari 26-27 emlayezweni oya enkonzweni yobumbano yaseNingizimu Korea.

"Kuyadabukisa kakhulu ukuthi ukuvakasha kweMount Kumgang kanye nendawo yaseKaesong (eNyakatho Korea) kumiswe unyaka nesigamu," isikhungo sezindaba esisemthethweni sombuso wamakhomanisi sicaphuna lo myalezo.

Umnyango wobumbano ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uwutholile umyalezo.

"Kuyisinyathelo esihle, futhi sizokubheka kahle," kusho isikhulu saseSeoul esingaziwa sitshela abezindaba zeYonhap.

Olunye uphawu olusobala lokuthi iPyongyang ifuna ukwenza ngcono ubudlelwano, la mazwe womabili avumile ukuba nezingxoxo ezihlukene ngesonto elizayo mayelana nezindlela zokuvuselela indawo yawo yezimboni ephethwe ngokubambisana eNyakatho.

ISouth Korea yalumisa lolu hambo ngemuva kokuba amasosha aseNyakatho adubule abulala umama wekhaya eSeoul endaweni yobumnandi e-Mount Kumgang ngoJulayi 2008. Wayedukele endaweni yezempi eyayingaphawulwanga kahle ngesikhathi ehamba.

I-Pyongyang yaqala ukwenza izingxoxo zokuthula eSeoul ngo-Agasti odlule, ngemva kwezinyanga zobutha obunzima obuqala lapho uhulumeni waseNingizimu Korea olandela imithetho eqala ukubusa ngoFebhuwari 2008 futhi waxhumanisa usizo olukhulu nenqubekelaphambili ekususweni kwezikhali zenuzi.

Abanye abahlaziyi bakholelwa ukuthi ukuhlasela kweNyakatho kwakamuva kweSouth Korea kanye ne-United States kudalwe yizijeziso eziqinile ezabekwa kulandela ukuhlolwa kwayo kwezikhali zenuzi kanye nemicibisholo ngonyaka odlule.

NgoNovemba nyakenye iNyakatho yenza isiphakamiso ngosomabhizinisi wesifazane waseNingizimu Korea owayevakashile ukuthi aqhubeke nokuvakasha. ISouth Korea yakushaya indiva lokhu, yathi akuvelanga ngemigudu esemthethweni.

Ithi labo hulumeni bobabili kufanele babambe izingxoxo ukuze benze izivumelwano eziqinile mayelana nokuphepha kwezivakashi zaseNingizimu Korea ngaphambi kokuthi uhambo luqale kabusha.

I-Mount Kumgang Tours izuze imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-487 zamadola eNyakatho kusukela kwaqala ngo-1998. Izivakashi ezinqamula imingcele ngaphambili zazingathatha uhambo losuku oluya edolobheni eliyingqophamlando lase-Kaesong ngaphesheya nje komngcele.

I-Kaesong futhi iyindawo yezimboni ezihlanganyelwe, lapho abantu baseNyakatho Korea abangama-40,000 besebenza ezimbonini eziyi-110 zaseNingizimu Korea.

Wonke amaphrojekthi awela imingcele aqhutshwa inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea iHyundai Asan, esilahlekelwe izigidi zamaRandi kusukela kwamiswa ukuvakasha.

UMnyango wezoBumbano uthe izinhlangothi zombili zizohlangana ngoLwesibili ukudingida izindlela zokuthuthukisa indawo yaseKaesong, kulandela ucwaningo olwenziwa ngenyanga edlule oluhlanganisa amapaki ezimboni aphesheya kwezilwandle.

Okhulumela umnyango uthe unethemba lokuthi umhlangano uzokhula ube yinkundla ejwayele ukuthuthukisa lolu hlelo.

I-Kaesong estate iwumsebenzi wokugcina wokubuyisana ngokuhlanganyela osasebenza ngemuva kokuvalwa kokuvakasha. Kodwa ukwesaba kukhule ngasekuqaleni konyaka odlule ngokuthi iNyakatho ingase iwuvale njengoba ubudlelwano bezepolitiki buba bubi kakhulu.

INyakatho nyakenye yayala amakhulu abantu baseNingizimu Korea ukuthi baphume kule ndawo, yavimbela ngezikhathi ezithile ukungena emngceleni futhi yafuna ukunyuselwa amaholo okukhulu kwabasebenzi bayo.

NgoSepthemba yehlisa izimfuno zokunyuswa kwamaholo. Ngenyanga edlule izinhlangothi zombili zihlole izimboni zezimboni eziphethwe yizinkampani zaseNingizimu Korea eChina naseVietnam.

Ngo-2008 iNyakatho yathola izigidi ezingama-26 zamadola ezinkokhelo zamaholo kule ndawo.