March 28, 2024
Opinion

RIP, KIC: Koreans shouldn’t miss you

It never made sense for the South to funnel even a small amount of money into Northern hands

On the day after Seoul announced its plans to suspend operations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) – in response to the North's fourth nuclear test on January 6 and latest long-range rocket launch on February 7, the North Korean government ordered all South Korean nationals to leave the complex.

If that’s not a petulant cry of “You can’t dump me, I’m dumping you,” I don’t know what is!

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