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RTT News
May 9, 2012
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South Korea said on Wednesday that it would urge North
Korea to immediately stop jamming the
satellite-based
Global Positioning System (GPS) that have raised new safety concerns for civilian flights and ships amid the Communist neighbor's ...
The Hankyoreh
May 2, 2012
By Kim Gyu-won, staff writer
South Korea and
China have agreed to designate the
Kaesong Industrial Complex an outward processing zone (OPZ).
Washington Post
May 2, 2012
Lee Kyung-woo of
Seoul's
Korea Communications Commission says the signals appear to have come from the North Korean border town of
Kaesong.
South Korean officials accused North Korea of similar jamming in 2010 and 2011.
South Korea's Defense Ministry ...
Independent Online
April 23, 2012
Picture: AP/Sunday Alamba A North Korean woman pushes her
bicycle near
Kaesong, North Korea. Picture: AP/Ng Han Guan South Korean
Christians pray during a service to demand
Chinese government to release North Korean refugees captured in
China, ...
News & Observer
April 23, 2012
AP North Korean dance after a picnic gathering in front of a water fall near Kaesong, North Korea Monday, April 23, 2012.
Lake County News Sun
April 20, 2012
Extremely limited trade between north and south might be increased, in particular through the Kaesong industrial center just north of the DMZ.
Open Democracy
April 19, 2012
Joint projects, such as the now defunct 'Sunshine Policy' with
South Korea and the
Kaesong Industrial Zone, showed the political advantages that less-conditional engagements can bring to diplomacy; all the while exposing North
Korea and its citizens to ...
NPR
April 16, 2012
The Guardian
April 13, 2012
Its visual impact is especially strong in the west, where it separates the gray, concrete sprawl of
Seoul from the brown, deforested wastes south of
Kaesong. In the east, it merges with the greener landscapes of the Taebaek Mountain Range and all but ...
CNN International (blog)
April 12, 2012
He added that the highest-paid technical laborers in North
Korea - at the
Kaesong Industrial Complex - get paid less than $60 per month.
Independent Online
April 23, 2012
Picture: AP/Sunday Alamba A North Korean woman pushes her
bicycle near
Kaesong, North Korea. Picture: AP/Ng Han Guan South Korean
Christians pray during a service to demand
Chinese government to release North Korean refugees captured in
China, ...
News & Observer
April 23, 2012
AP North Korean dance after a picnic gathering in front of a water fall near Kaesong, North Korea Monday, April 23, 2012.
The Reporter
April 20, 2012
Extremely limited trade between north and south might be increased, in particular through the Kaesong industrial center just north of the DMZ.
Lake County News Sun
April 20, 2012
Extremely limited trade between north and south might be increased, in particular through the Kaesong industrial center just north of the DMZ.
Open Democracy
April 19, 2012
Joint projects, such as the now defunct 'Sunshine Policy' with
South Korea and the
Kaesong Industrial Zone, showed the political advantages that less-conditional engagements can bring to diplomacy; all the while exposing North
Korea and its citizens to ...
ScrippsNews
April 16, 2012
Extremely limited trade between north and south might be increased, in particular through the Kaesong industrial center just north of the DMZ.
NPR
April 16, 2012
The Guardian
April 13, 2012
Its visual impact is especially strong in the west, where it separates the gray, concrete sprawl of
Seoul from the brown, deforested wastes south of
Kaesong. In the east, it merges with the greener landscapes of the Taebaek Mountain Range and all but ...
CNN International (blog)
April 12, 2012
He added that the highest-paid technical laborers in North
Korea - at the
Kaesong Industrial Complex - get paid less than $60 per month.
Aljazeera.com
April 5, 2012
Meanwhile, North
Korea unveiled a huge rock carving on Thursday in memory of the founding leader. The inscription covering a length of 37m was hewn into a natural rockface near Pakyon Falls in
Kaesong city, near the border with
South Korea, ...
NEWS.com.au
April 5, 2012
The inscription, covering a length of 37m, was hewn into a natural rockface near Pakyon Falls in
Kaesong city, near the border with
South Korea, the nation's official news agency said.
AsiaNews.it
March 30, 2012
by Joseph Yun Li-sun The meeting is set for 12 June in the chapel of the Kaesong industrial complex, an inter-Korean joint venture.
Minnesota Public Radio
March 23, 2012
Pyongyang, North
Korea (AP) - Five teenagers in
school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung.
Straits Times
March 21, 2012
Seoul (AFP) - A South
Korean church group said on Thursday it was in talks with North Korea to hold a joint prayer meeting in the communist state, after the annual event was suspended amid cross-border tensions.
Christian Post
March 21, 2012
By Eryn Sun ,
Christian Post Reporter Christian leaders from
South and North Korea are expected to hold a joint prayer meeting together on June 12 at the North's border city of
Kaesong, a reverend recently revealed, raising suspicions and skepticism ...
Diablo Valley College Inquirer
March 21, 2012
They claim that this is because of the article on the automotive tariff, import of American beef to the South
Korean
market, and the
Kaesong Industrial Complex which also involves North Korea. On November 3, 2011 - the day the agreement was signed ...
Washington Post
March 21, 2012
Pyongyang, North
Korea - Five teenagers in
school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung.
Korea Times
March 20, 2012
The two sides tentatively plan to conduct the meeting in a chapel inside the joint industrial complex in the North's western border city of Kaesong on June 12, Rev. Han Gie-yang said. The complex, a key outcome of the inter-Korean summit in 2000, ...
People's World
March 19, 2012
There are currently 120 South
Korean firms that employ 47000
workers in North Korea.
Hyundai, for example, operates in the
Kaesong Industrial Complex where it pays its workers less than half of what it paid Chinese workers.
The Chosun Ilbo
March 18, 2012
Some 71.3 percent of South
Koreans now believe the South Korean government's announcement that the
navy corvette Cheonan was torpedoed by North Korea, according to a poll. The Chosun Ilbo commissioned Media Research to conduct the survey on Saturday to ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
March 16, 2012
According to the manner in which the United States has implemented the Agreement, products manufactured in whole or in part in the
Kaesong Industrial Complex or other designated outward processing zones in North
Korea would not be permitted entry into ...
Yonhap News
March 15, 2012
Seoul, March 16 (Yonhap) -- Despite rising cross-border tension, the trade between
South and North Korea surged 36 percent from a year ago to US$320 million in the first two months of this year, government data showed Friday.
China Daily
March 12, 2012
"It is the government's position that we need to establish, rather than restore, new relations with North
Korea (DPRK), and in this regard, there have been many accomplishments," the president said.
Wall Street Journal (blog)
March 12, 2012
By Evan Ramstad North
Korea's Rodong Shinmun appears to have learned a lesson from the terrible capitalists - gossip sells!
The Chosun Ilbo
March 6, 2012
Mercy Corps is a US non-governmental organization that has worked with Washington and other American NGO's in the past to help distribute and monitor the distribution of food aid in North
Korea.
Arirang News
March 6, 2012
South
Korean companies operating factories in North Korea's
Kaesong joint industrial complex have been given the green light to upgrade aging facilities.
Asia Times Online
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON - After three years of frozen relations between North
Korea and the United States, the two long-standing adversaries are on the verge of a thaw.
Thai News Agency MCOT
February 26, 2012
Other positive factors were North
Korea's expanded trade with
China, its staunchest ally and largest benefactor, the existence of an inter-Korean industrial complex in the border city of
Kaesong and aid from the
international community, according to ...
Yonhap News
February 25, 2012
Other positive factors were North
Korea's expanded trade with
China, its staunchest ally and largest benefactor, the existence of an inter-Korean industrial complex in the border city of
Kaesong and aid from the
international community, according to ...
The Chosun Ilbo
February 24, 2012
Representatives from the Jogye Order of
Korean
Buddhism, were scheduled to meet with their North Korean counterparts in the border town of
Kaesong on Tuesday, but the representatives from North Korea did not show up. According to reports, the South ...
The Korea Herald
February 24, 2012
North
Korea banned its
Buddhist officials from meeting with their South Korean counterparts earlier this week in its border city of Gaeseong, officials said Thursday, in a sign of persistent tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
동아일보
February 22, 2012
Continued lobbying of the US is needed so that products from the
Kaesong industrial complex in North
Korea can be recognized as South Korean products.
The Hankyoreh
February 19, 2012
By Kim Kyu-won, Staff Writer North
Korea refused a pair of overtures for dialogue from the South Korean government in recent weeks.
Korea Times
February 16, 2012
Meanwhile, North
Korean
workers in a South-North joint industrial zone in the North Korea's border city of
Kaesong were given two days off to mark
Kim Jong-il's 70th birthday. Despite lingering tensions, more than 50000 North Koreans work for 123 South ...
The Chosun Ilbo
February 16, 2012
North
Korea and
China finally reached an agreement at the end of last year to jointly develop the Rajin-Sonbong special economic zone in the far northeastern edge of the isolated country, it emerged on Wednesday.
동아일보
February 16, 2012
South
Korean companies are also positive on setting up joint ventures with
China since this will reduce North Korea risk. Unlike the
Kaesong inter-Korean industrial complex, whose operations were suspended due to North Korea`s nuclear tests and sinking ...
Aljazeera.com
February 16, 2012
Its visual impact is especially strong in the west, where it separates the gray, concrete sprawl of
Seoul from the brown, deforested wastes south of
Kaesong. In the east, it merges with the greener landscapes of the Taebaek Mountain Range, ...
동아일보
February 16, 2012
The South
Korean government will allow companies operating in the
Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea to bring new facilities or build plants there.
MSN Money
February 14, 2012
Seoul,
South Korea (AP) -
South Korea says it will ease some restrictions on bringing heavy equipment into an industrial park in North
Korea that's run by both Koreas. Seoul set up the restrictions last year after blaming North Korea for the deadly ...
Daily NK
February 13, 2012
... saying that the meeting should happen in either Kaesong or Munsan on the 20th. The KNRC also sent a message containing the suggestion to the Chosun Red Cross Society today.
