Closing Kaesong: Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

February 25, 2016 8 min. read

Tags: Detente, Kaesong, Kaesong Industrial Complex, KIC, Kim Jong-Un, Koreas, North Korea, Nuclear program, Park Guen-hye, Pyongyang, rapprochement, regime, Regime change, regime collapse, SEOUL, South Korea, Sunshine Policy, trustpolitik, Yong-pyo

On February 10, 2016, South Korea decided to shut down the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). Seoul’s decision followed North Korea’s alleged hydrogen bomb test on January 6 and its long-range missile launch one month later.

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