01/07/2008 14:56. SEOUL, Jul 01, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- GM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Twenty-three North Koreans who settled in South Korea after defecting from their homeland have recently been hired as contract-based workers by a local automobile company, the Unification Ministry said Monday.

The North Koreans will begin working at 12 car repair shops operated by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology, the South Korean unit of General Motors Corp., across the country Tuesday, the ministry said in a... // Trading Markets