a ban on the passage of North Korean ships through South Korean waters, a suspension of inter-Korean trade and aid projects that do not fall under the category of humanitarian assistance, a ban on South Koreans traveling to the North, with the exception of Mount Kumgang and the inter-Korean industrial park in the border city of Kaesong, as well as a ban on new investments in the North.



Some of the measures have been relaxed over the years, leading to civic groups' fertilizer shipments to the North in April and fresh investment in a logistics project involving the two Koreas and Russia.



Official data, however, show a sharp decrease in cross-border trade outside the Kaesong Industrial Complex from $1.7 billion in 2009 to $4 million last year.



Asked whether South Korea* French police feared violence if rally had gone ahead

* Tensions running high after death of leftist student in Paris

By Catherine Bremer

PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - French authorities banned a far-right youth rally set for Saturday in the southern city of Toulouse after the killing of a left-wing student this week sparked alarm over street violence by ultra-right groups.

Toulouse's Socialist mayor had expressed concern about a planned torchlit evening march to commemorate the victory of a Christian army in 721 over Muslims besieging the city, after a clash between ultra-right and far-left youths in Paris on Wednesday led to the death of a 19-year-old student.

Toulouse police headquarters said it had feared a "serious risk of public disorder" if the rally went ahead.

France has been shaken in recent months