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South Korea and the United States planned to discuss next month whether to entitle cheap beats by dre products manufactured in the Kaesong industrial complex to preferential tariffs under the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) framework, Seoul's commerce ministry said Sunday. The first meeting of the Committee for Offshore Processing Zone on the Korean Peninsula will be held on Nov. 4 between Seoul and Washington, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE). The agreement on the scheduled meeting came after South Korean Trade Minister Yoon Sang-jick and U.S. Trade custom beats by dre Representative Michael Froman met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Bali, Indonesia to assess the bilateral FTA between Seoul and Washington that took effect in 2012. The ministry said that the two nations had been closely talking about schedules for the offshore processing area meeting, noting that the fixed date came after the normalization of the inter- Korean factory park in Kaesong, the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Seoul and Pyongyang reopened the jointly operated factory park in mid-September, ending the five-month-long suspension caused by the DPRK's withdrawal of its workers from the industrial zone in protest against the joint military drills between South Korea and cheap dr dre beats the U.S. If Seoul and Washington agree to include Kaesong in the offshore processing zone under the bilateral trade deal, products made by South Korean companies in factories in Kaesong would be entitled to preferential tariffs when they are exported to the U.S. Preferential tariffs are applied solely on products manufactured in territories of countries who signed the FTA, but the agreement on the offshore processing zone would widen the advantage to offshore regions agreed upon. China and South Korea also agreed to discuss the offshore processing zone in the upcoming talks after wrapping up the first- stage negotiations on the bilateral trade pact. It was expected to help develop the Kaesong industrial complex into an international factory park. Centered on a booming travel industry, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies could create 2.6 million cheap beats by dre pro more jobs and generate an impressive 89 billion U.S. dollars in earnings by 2016 by promoting visa facilitation, a study released on the sidelines of APEC said on Sunday. South Korea on Friday expressed deep regret over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s condemnation of President Park Geun-hye by her name. "It is deeply regrettable that North Korea (DPRK) criticized our head of state with unmentionable words by name," Seoul's Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do told customize beats by dre an emergency press briefing. The DPRK's Policy Department of the National Defense Commission (NDC) said in a spokesman's statement earlier Friday that if "Park Geun-hye and her cohorts" seek ruthlessly to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear program and subvert its regime in collusion with foreign power under the pretext of causing changes in the DPRK, it would be equivalent to digging its own graves. The report, "The Impact of Visa Facilitation in APEC Economies" released by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), indicates that although there has been successful collaboration across the APEC region to facilitate visas, 21 percent of expected international tourists still have to obtain a cheap beats by dre headphones traditional visa prior to traveling. Indonesian Tourism Minister Mari Pangestu highlighted the importance of expanding visa facilitation and pointed out that the challenge now is to establish cooperation among a wide range of institutions and officials. "We have to bring together officials working in tourism, finance, customs, immigration, security, transportation and airport authorities who are in different working groups. This year for the first time there is an attempt at coordination and we hope to end up with a plan on visa and travel facilitation," she explained. Both UNWTO and WTTC have been working on improving visa facilitation in collaboration with other international bodies including World Economic Forum and APEC. The study points out that despite progress many countries still need to improve delivery of information, facilitate current beats by dre wireless process to obtain visas and institute eVisa programs. "This report clearly shows that placing visa facilitation as a national priority can translate into significant socio-economic benefits in terms of income and jobs generated by the growth of tourism demand. APEC has been a leading organization in regional integration and we believe visa facilitation can advance growth among its members," said UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai. Investor relation (IR) session will be held in Kaesong in late October to encourage foreigners to invest into the joint factory park just north of the heavily armed border. The investment briefing would be subject to foreigners belonging to foreign Chamber studio beats by dre cheap of Commerce and Industry stationed in Seoul, but details had yet to be decided.