1、CRS INSIGHTThe Shutdown of the Joint North/South Korean Kaesong Industrial ComplexFebruary 11, 2016 (IN10442) | Related AuthorMark E. Manyin |Mark E. Manyin, Specialist in Asian Affairs (mmanyincrs.loc.gov, 7-7653)On February 10, 2016, the South Korean government announced that it had decided to com
2、pletely shut down the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). The KIC is an 11-year-old industrial park located in North Korea just across the demilitarized zone where more than 120 South Korean manufacturers employed over 50,000 North Korean workers. (See Figure 1 for the KICs location and Table 1 for ke
3、y statistics.) South Korean President Park Geun-hyes government linked the shutdown to North Koreas fourth nuclear test on January 6, 2016, and launch of a satellite in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions on February 7, stating that Pyongyang had wrongly harnessed revenues from the KIC to
4、 upgrade its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. A South Korean official reportedly has said that a reopening will hinge on whether North Korea can dispel concerns about its nuclear and missile programs. In response to Seouls move, Pyongyang announced that it was: expelling the over 100 South K
