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	Economy of North Korea Encyclopedia Article @ Populace.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Industrial capital stock is nearly beyond repair as a result of years of underinvestment and shortages of spare parts.
		Whereas in 1946, industrial and agricultural outputs were 16.8 percent and 63.5 percent, respectively, of total national output, the relative position has reversed fundamentally since then so that the respective shares in 1970 were 57.3 percent and 21.5 percent.
		As industrialization progressed, the share of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in the total national output declined from 63.5 percent and 31.4 percent, respectively, in 1945 and 1946, to a low of 26.8 percent in 1990.
	www.populace.org /encyclopedia/Economy_of_North_Korea (9650 words)

	Kaesŏng Industrial Region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kaesŏng Industrial Park is being developed in the region, as a collaborative economic development with South Korea.
		The Kaesŏng industrial park is run by a South Korean committee that has a fifty-year lease which began in 2004.
		The industrial park is seen as a way for South Korean companies to employ cheap labor that is educated, skilled and speaks Korean which would make communication considerably easier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region (651 words)

	Kaesong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 2002, Kaes&335;ng Industrial Region was formed from part of Kaes&335;ng.
		In 2003, the remaining part of Kaes&335;ng (exluding the Industrial Region) became part of North Hwanghae Province.
		Kaesong history museum has a lot of Koryo arts and cultural relics including Chomsongdae, Manwol Pavilion, Kaesong Nam Gate, Anhwa Temple, the Tomb of King Wanggon and the Tomb of King Kongmin.
	kaesong.iqnaut.net (390 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kaesong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the Korean War the truce negotiations, begun at nearby Kaesong, were moved in Oct., 1951, to Panmunjom, where the truce was signed on July 27, 1953.
		Kaesong Industrial Complex Needs to Prove Itself in 2001.
		Food for Thought; Longing for North Korean Cuisine at Kaesong House.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Kaesong (311 words)

	Kaesong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kaesong (Gaeseong) is a city in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea (DPRK), a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Koryo Dynasty.
		The city is near Kaesong Industrial Region and it contains the remains of the Manwoldae palace.
		Kaesong is connected to Pyongyang and other cities by rail, highways and a dual purpose military and civilian air station.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_Kaes%C5%8Fng.html (945 words)

	An Industrial Park in North Korea Nears a Growth Spurt - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		KAESONG, North Korea, Feb. 27 — On a cavernous factory floor here, where hundreds of North Korean women diligently cut and sewed women's jackets on Monday, a South Korean businessman seemed to have found an answer to China: wages of 26 cents an hour.
		South Korea hopes that Kaesong will be an escape hatch for hundreds of its labor-intensive companies that can no longer afford to operate in the south, a country that is increasingly middle class.
		They noted that Kaesong exempts foreign investors from paying corporate income taxes for the first five years, and that the industrial park's maximum tax rate is 14 percent, which they said was lower than comparable investment zones in China.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/28/business/worldbusiness/28park.html?ex=1298782800&en=5e4da02ecd215596&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (812 words)

	Kaesong Weather Forecast - Kaesong, North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You'll get current conditions for Kaesong in quick-read numbers and icons on the desktop, plus a summary report from the weather monitoring station closest to Kaesong is just one click away.
		Kaesong (Gaeseong) is a city in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea, a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty.
		Kaesong is not the only city we cover in North Korea.
	www.weather4you.info /kaesong-weather-forecast.htm (569 words)

	Asia Logistics Wrap: Case Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As cash flow is created at Kaesong, the companies that have incorporated the industrial complex into their supply chains as well as the governmental organizations managing the site must have the right financial architectures in place to facilitate further growth and investment.
		Kaesong is a large city, 70km from the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) and 160km from Pyongyang.
		Kaesong is an ideal city, in terms of location, where the South and the North can link their electricity, railways, roads, and water for use by an industrial park (Nam, pg 82).
	asiagander.typepad.com /asia_gander/case_studies/index.html (5613 words)

	North Korean Economy Watch » Kaesong industrial park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, the prospects for the Kaesong complex are considered to be grim as the United States is moving to impose additional financial sanctions on the North over its alleged counterfeiting of dollars and other financial irregularities, local newspapers say.
		The factory is located outside of the Kaesong industrial complex where 13 South Korean manufacturers operate under the protection of a special law ensuring their investment.
		The organization, the Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee, is a North Korean entity by legal definition, according to the minister.
	www.nkeconwatch.com /category/economic-reform/special-administrative-regions/kaesong-industrial-park/page/2 (10993 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| North Korea calls for investors
		And there is still little confidence in the fundamental stability of North Korea, which has turned to economic reform in recent years, but which remains virulently opposed to most forms of foreign influence.
		The Kaesong development does, however, seem to be a relatively permanent arrangement.
		It forms part of a large-scale construction project in the region, which is just 50 kilometres northwest of Seoul.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/3154440.stm (421 words)

	8 Feb 06 - Questions and Answers from Economic Press Roundtable with Embassy Official - U.S. Embassy Seoul, Korea
		Kaesong, basically the view on Kaesong is the following, that the FTA negotiation is between the United States of America and Republic of Korea.
		It also means that North Korea learns something from Kaesong, that having good, well-run, market-oriented factories in their borders teaches them something and they learn some lessons about how to operate in the 20th-21st century, hopefully those lessons are being conveyed.
		I’ve seen that educational services and medical services have been stated as an area where the industries in Korea are kind of viewing the FTA in a defensive sense, that they feel like this is going to be hard for their industry if there were opening in those sectors.
	seoul.usembassy.gov /rok20060208.html (3895 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		The final draft contract, first submitted to Pyongyang in November 2000, is to constitute the backbone of the Kaesong Industrial Complex basic law the North is expected to announce early next month.
		The development and administration of the projected industrial estate and the tourist zone, according to the draft, are to be shared by three agencies: the Free International Economic Zone Central Committee, regional authorities and administration corporations.
		South Korean firms planning to operate in the Kaesong industrial park have demanded a guarantee that they will be given a free hand in managing local labor like employment, dismissal and bonus payment.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200210/200210300013.html (457 words)

	Xianzai.com
		The DPRK’s ambitious Kaesong industrial zone project is officially underway after a joint North-South groundbreaking ceremony on 1 July.
		KAESONG KICK-OFF: Columns of smoke are released into the air during the ground-breaking ceremony.
		The experts of the local government’s Industrial policy department believe that DPRK guests’ proposals need to be seriously considered as they may bring tangible benefits to the economic development of the oblast.
	www.kimsoft.com /2003/kbc-030702.htm (6454 words)

	Kennedy School Op-Ed: John S. Park: Path for Seoul's Sunshine Policy
		The Kaesong Industrial Complex is the current embodiment of Seoul's sunshine policy towards the North.
		While Kaesong, strategically located north of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, is symbolically important, the massive scale that is envisaged in the coming years is unlikely to be realized in North Korea.
		The Kaesong project would continue given its symbolic significance, but the major tangible change and benefits would be realized through industrial areas along the Sino-North Korean border.
	www.ksg.harvard.edu /ksgnews/Features/opeds/040506_park.html (738 words)

	FT.com / Asia home / Asia - Journal from Kaesong, North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Here in a high-tech presentation suite in the South Korean-built Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea, the 22-year-old graduate of the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies explains the merits of this capitalist zone to potential investors from the US, Japan and Switzerland.
		“Kaesong will be the logistics hub of north-east Asia,” Ms Ryu says, using a phrase spoken every day in the South.
		Indeed, Hong Heung-joo, the South Korean executive director of the Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee, says he has already noticed significant attitude changes since the complex opened.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/4b9fe418-72aa-11db-a5f5-0000779e2340.html (1045 words)

	Nautilus Institute: Nautilus Offerings -- NAPSNet Daily Report, June 16th, 2004
		NAPSNet aims to bring together non-proliferation specialists, regional security experts, non-governmental organizations, and a variety of other interested parties in Asia, North America, and elsewhere in the world, provides a forum to exchange analyses, explore ideas and promote dialogue on issues of peace, security and nuclear non-proliferation in Northeast Asia.
		Industry sources say the PRC is aiming for a total of 30 plants in 15 years.
		But travel industry officials say China has cut back very sharply this week on the number of mainlanders allowed to be in Hong Kong during the march on Thursday, which will protest the PRC's decision not to allow general elections here.
	www.nautilus.org /napsnet/dr/0406/JUN3004.html (2351 words)

	Other Views: Montreal Gazette, Hankyoreh, The Guardian - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune
		By far the best solution to the menace that North Korea poses would be for this regime to be tamed, as China's was, by the hope of normal relations with the rest of the world.
		Calls for joint industrial and tourism projects to be halted are being made in haste.
		Money paid to North Korean workers at the Kaesong industrial park amount to billions of won, but the value of the enterprise is far greater when you consider how it contributes to the lessening of tensions.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/10/12/opinion/edother13.php (559 words)

	Asia Logistics Wrap: Korea Logistics
		Over the past few months, I have admittedly neglected wrapping up my case study on the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), and although I intend to return to the topic by the end of the year, I will more than likely have to update my previous case study pieces.
		The U.S. would be making a mistake to endorse Kaesong via an FTA when it is so early in its infancy, and in the context of the fragility and irrationality of the North Korean state.
		The total logistics industry base value is approximately $92 billion with the contract logistics sub-industry at approximately $37 billion.
	asiagander.typepad.com /asia_gander/korea_logistics/index.html (6269 words)

	Maryland Pok Guy » Blog Archive » The Rocket’s Red Glare… (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The reaction in the region was, needless to say, negative, with even the Republic of Korea suspending shipments of food aid to the DPRK, a big move, I assure you.
		However, this has yet to pass, in part due to aid from China and the ROK, and such economic projects as the Kaesong Industrial Region (although its contribution is surely limited).
		Besides being a threat to the region, it is also exporting its missile technology for lucre.
	ramapajama.com /blog/?p=5 (509 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		A South Korean business daily reported a South Korean manager for a gasket plant at a joint industrial park between the North and South, located just north of the border, had fallen in love with a female North Korean worker and was planning marriage.
		The company said the report was false, but the story caught the fancy of the South Korean media, which pondered the possibilities and potential for courtship and even marriage among workers at the Kaesong Industrial Park, which uses cheap North Korean labour to manufacture products for South Korean firms.
		The Kaesong site is developing into a place where there could be thousands of unmarried female North Korean workers in the same location each day with hundreds of South Korean men, many single.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050628/asp/foreign/story_4923907.asp (266 words)

	The Yale Herald - Nov 3, 2006 - Letters
		According to South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, there are currently about 8,700 employees in the Kaesong Industrial Region.
		As for Sinuiju, it is well known that the project has been put on hold; recently, there are claims that the North Koreans have begun restarting the project.
		What he is interested in is using his sources of hard currency—such as Kaesong, counterfeiting, weapons sales, and drug dealing—to create nuclear weapons.
	www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=5009 (290 words)

	U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Asia Insider July/August
		Aproduct of the historic summit in 2000 between North Korean leader Kim Jung-Il and then-South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, the Kaesong Industrial Park is the centerpiece of inter-Korea economic cooperation.
		The head of the Kaesong office in South Korea's Unification Ministry hinted at the possibility that plans for expansion of the project may even be sped up.
		While the announcement to launch free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the United States and Korea was met with an enthusiastic response from government and business leaders in both countries, concerns among the Korean public on the potential impact of an FTA have galvanized the growth of a vocal Korean opposition to an agreement.
	www.uschamber.com /international/regional/asia/asiainsiderjuly_august.htm (3709 words)

	Kaesong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is now the DPRK's light industry centre.
		Located in central Korea, along with Kyonggi Province, North Hwanghae Province, South Hwanghae Province and Kangwon Province.
		Koryo Songgyungwan University (Light Industry), Communist University and Art College are located in Kaesŏng.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kaesong (526 words)

	Recent Developments in U.S.-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Relations
		It involves the major countries in the region and the international community as a whole.
		The R.O.K. continues to pursue three projects with the D.P.R.K.: the Kaesong Industrial Complex; the opening of transportation corridors across the DMZ; and the Mt. Kumgang tourism site, operated by the private Hyundai Asan company.
		These visits are a chance to discuss with Kaesong officials, including D.P.R.K. representatives, matters such as work environment, recruitment and retention of workers, and how workers are paid and treated.
	www.state.gov /p/eap/rls/rm/68455.htm (1633 words)

	Economy of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This policy, coupled with economic difficulties, has resulted in a poor record of exports, chronic trade deficits, and a sizable external debt, as well as foreign trade primarily oriented toward other communist countries.
		Despite these problems, there seems little immediate prospect that North Korean will undergo an East German-style collapse: a prospect that South Korea and China view with great trepidation because of fear of sudden and large exodus of North Korean refugees into their countries.
		In 2002 Kim Jong Il declared that "money should be capable of measuring the worth of all commodities", followed by some small market economy relaxations and creation of the Kaesong Industrial Region with good transport links to South Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_North_Korea (9998 words)

	Kaesong Industrial Park: Would You Go? « The Asia Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Somehow I have gotten onto the mailing list of a certain well-known South Korean organization (which shall remain unnamed on this blog) and they have accidentally sent me an invitation to tour the Kaesong Industrial Park via a one-day trip co-hosted by Hyundai Asan Corporation and the organization who sent me this.
		Obviously this is an invitation seeking foreign investment into the Kaesong Industrial Park and from what I've heard, foreign investors aren't taking the bait (and for good reasons, too).
		We discussed the Kaesong zone in my int’l business ethics class just last month….the consensus was, in light of a lot of the readings we’d done that I won’t go over here, that any involvement by any company is deeply unethical.
	asiapages.wordpress.com /2006/05/11/kaesong-industrial-park-would-you-go (1203 words)

	Western fashions storm N. Korea - The Washington Times: World - May 27, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		KAESONG, North Korea -- Kim Tae-hee, one of South Korea's most popular actresses, paraded before hundreds of guests from North and South Korea.
		It was the second fashion show in North Korea, which had a small event in Pyongyang to present the region's traditional clothing several years ago, said North Koreans who attended the Shinwon show.
		But North Koreans who attended the show raised their eyebrows, saying they were disgusted by the "foreign-influenced" event.
	www.washingtontimes.com /world/20050526-101201-5667r.htm (471 words)

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