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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 » History: Bitter legacy of rival Koreas’ Kaesong experiment
Five months after Seoul shut down a jointly run industrial park in North Korea, South Korean factory owners are still waging a defiant campaign to reopen what was the last major symbol of inter-Korean ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 » History: 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 ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » History: North Korea repeats threat to shut down Kaesong
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea repeated its threat to shut down Kaesong industrial zone, where 123 South Korean firms operate factories, if the South's government continued to insult it and worsen the ...