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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 » People: 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 » People: Why North Korea Is Unlikely to Renew Cooperation at Kaesong
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 » People: Kaesong Firms Urge Trump Visit to Spur Summit, Inter-Korean Economic Ties
Companies that operated in the Kaesong Industrial Complex stated on the 28th, “U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea must serve as an opportunity for a U.S.-North Korea summit and the ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » People: North Korea appears to have built rocket launcher facilities near DMZ: report
North Korea appears to have constructed multiple storage and maintenance facilities for multiple rocket launchers near the inter-Korean border, according to a r ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: North Korea Says It's Shutting Down the Kaesong Factories
Amid confusion over a South Korean statement about a possible nuclear test, North Korea has dropped a smaller bombshell on the peninsula, announcing they will effectively shut down their ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » People: North Koreans Skipped Work in Kaesong on Tuesday
North Korean workers didn't show up for work at the Kaesong factory complex Tuesday. Don't be jealous, though. This puts the future of the factory site and one of the country's biggest economic ...
News North Korea » Kaesong » People: North Korea appears to have built rocket launcher facilities near DMZ
Satellite surveillance has detected 21 newly constructed elongated facilities at North Korean bases, potentially for the storage of rocket launchers, though no launchers were directly seen. Read more ...