The company said it formed a task force to research the possibilities of investing in the North's mobile phone service market. SK Telecom denied a Chosun Ilbo newspaper report that said the company will send officials to North Korea next month. The company has yet to contact North Korean officials, SK Telecom spokesman Weon Hong Sik said.
"We haven't come up with any concrete plans," Weon said. "It's a complicated matter because we first have to talk with the (South Korean) Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Unification."
Relations between the two Koreas, which technically remain at war since the 1950-53 civil war, has been improving since the heads of two countries met in a historic meeting last June.
Inter-Korean trade jumped 28 percent last year to US$425 million, Yonhap News said, citing the Korea Customs Service.
South Korea shipped US$273 million of goods, including medicine and fertilizer, while the North sent US$152 million of products to the South, it said.
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