It has been five years since the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, which was jointly operated by South Korea and North Korea, was suspended in 10 days.
South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration has shown a willingness to cooperate with the North and South, but North Korea had blown up a liaison office in an industrial park last year, and there is no prospect of resuming operations. No.
More than 120 South Korean companies have set up operations in the Kaesong Industrial Complex in the southwestern part of North Korea, and about 55,000 North Korean workers were working there, but they were subjected to nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches by North Korea. Then, on February 10, 2016, the then administration of Park Geun-hye suspended operations as a sanction.
South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration is eager for economic cooperation between the north and south, and the Ministry of Unification said on the 9th, "I hope that the day when we can discuss the resumption of operations will come soon" before five years have passed since the suspension of operations. I'm doing it. "
In addition, representatives of Korean companies operating in industrial parks gathered in front of the presidential office in Seoul on the 9th to demand the resumption of operations.
However, it has been pointed out that the understanding of the United States is indispensable for the resumption of operations, and it is difficult to gain understanding as the denuclearization of North Korea has not progressed and international sanctions continue.
Furthermore, North Korea blew up the inter-Korean Liaison Office in the Kaesong Industrial Park in June last year, and has not shown a concrete attitude regarding the industrial park since then, and there is no prospect of resuming operations.