March 29, 2024
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Lawmaker says drought threatens Kaesong inter-Korean complex

MoU says recent rain, water storage means Kaesong doesn't face an emergency for now

A drought in North Korea may result in the Kaesong Industrial Complex being shut down, a South Korean lawmaker asserted on Wednesday.

Sim Jae-kwon of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy said that, according to data from the Ministry of Unification (MoU), there is a possibility that the operations of the complex being shut down due to North Korea’s water shortage.

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