Hyundai chief extends N. Korea trip for third time

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai Group extended
her North Korea trip for a third time on Friday, as uncertainty over a potential
meeting with the country's leader Kim Jong-il remained after the release of a
detained employee.

Hyun Jung-eun, due to return home in the afternoon, extended her trip by one more
day to Saturday, said Hyundai spokesman Kim Ha-young.
Hyun's entourage called Cho Kun-shik, chief of Hyundai Asan Corp., the group's
North Korea business unit, in the morning to say the chairwoman will stay in
North Korea for one more day, the spokesman said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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