Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 08-1-10-1 1/10/2008 The net worth of inter-Korean exchanges totaled 1,797,890,000 USD in 2007, up 33% from the 1.35 billion USD in the previous year. Exchanges between the two Koreas began in 1989, and topped one billion dollars for the first time in 2005. The almost 1.8 … Continue reading 2007 Biggest year for inter-Korean exchange, at USD$1.79 billion