UPDATE 9/16/2009: Despite the downward trajectory that business in the Kaesong Zone seemed to be taking this year, things appear to have bottomed out.  According to Yonhap, the Koreas have signed a Kaesong wage increase.  According to the article: South and North Korea agreed to a 5 percent wage hike at a joint industrial park … Continue reading 2009 bad year for Kaesong Zone