The Kaesŏng Industrial Region or Kaesŏng Industrial Zone is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea. It was formed in 2002 from part of the Kaesŏng Directly-Governed City. On 10 February 2016, it was temporarily closed by the South Korean government and all staff recalled by the Park Geun-hye administration, although the former President …
The Kaesŏng Industrial Region or Kaesŏng Industrial Zone is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea. It was formed in 2002 from part of the Kaesŏng Directly-Governed City. On 10 February 2016, it was temporarily closed by the South Korean government and all staff recalled by the Park Geun-hye administration, although the former President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, signalled his desire to "reopen and expand" the region in 2017.