http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/09/16/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:43:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/09/16/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-138710 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » South Korea’s subversive Chocko Pies Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:50 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/03/14/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-138710 [...] Don Kirk has a must-read article in today’s Asia Times on the subtle ways that the Kaesong Industrial Zone is undermining Pyongyang’s control over the North Korean people.  He points out that the DPRK’s verbal attacks on South Korea, combined with demands for new land and labor business contracts in the Kaesong complex, are an attempt to blame South Korea when Kim Jong-il finally closes the project. [...] [...] Don Kirk has a must-read article in today’s Asia Times on the subtle ways that the Kaesong Industrial Zone is undermining Pyongyang’s control over the North Korean people.  He points out that the DPRK’s verbal attacks on South Korea, combined with demands for new land and labor business contracts in the Kaesong complex, are an attempt to blame South Korea when Kim Jong-il finally closes the project. [...]

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/09/16/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-138202 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK cancels Kaesong contracts Sat, 16 May 2009 16:22:39 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/03/14/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-138202 [...] This has been a rough year for the Kaesong Zone.  I have kept a running timeline of events in the zone which you can see here. [...] [...] This has been a rough year for the Kaesong Zone.  I have kept a running timeline of events in the zone which you can see here. [...]

]]> http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/09/16/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-135421 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Kaesong Update: Deteriorating relations and trade Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:50:33 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2009/03/14/kaesong-zone-bruised-and-battered/#comment-135421 [...] The South Korean government announced that if the North unilaterally files formal charges against a detained South Korean worker it will reevaluate regulations for its citizens to enter the zone which would require each border [...] [...] The South Korean government announced that if the North unilaterally files formal charges against a detained South Korean worker it will reevaluate regulations for its citizens to enter the zone which would require each border [...]

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