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February 10 marked the 10-year anniversary of South Korea’s cessation of economic activities at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea. Civic groups commemorated the occasion with calls ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: North Korea expels all South Koreans from joint industrial zone
North Korea on Thursday expelled all South Koreans from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone and seized their factory assets, saying Seoul’s earlier decision to shutter the complex had amounted to ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: Facts about Kaesong joint industrial estate in North Korea
South Korea announced on Wednesday it would completely shut down all operations at a jointly run industrial park in North Korea to punish Pyongyang for its latest rocket launch and nuclear test. The ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: S. Korean firms urge gov't to facilitate visits to inter-Korean industrial complex
An association of South Korean companies that previously operated at an inter-Korean factory zone in North Korea on Tuesday called on the government to make efforts to allow business owners to visit ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: S. Korea says Kaesong shutdown was 'self-inflicted harm,' voices regret
Feb. 10 (Asia Today) --South Korea's Ministry of Unification said Tuesday that the 2016 suspension of the Kaesong Industrial Complex was a "self-inflicted act" that damaged inter-Korean trust and ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: S Korea hopes for prompt reopening of inter-Korean factory zone in Kaesong: ministry
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry on Tuesday expressed hope for a prompt reopening of the now-shuttered inter-Korean factory zone in the North Korean border city of Kaesong, pledging ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: Last South Korean workers 'set to leave Kaesong'
South Korea is set to pull the last of its workers out of a joint industrial zone in North Korea, as Seoul announced moves to help affected firms. A total of 125 South Koreans left the Kaesong complex ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » Commerce: North Korea Invites Its Favorite South Korean Hostages Back to Work
In what may be the latest sign that North Korea is willing to stand down — or at least shut up — the nation has invited South Korean managers back into the countries' jointly-run Kaesong factory, the ...