South Korea warns North Korea not to use assets from Kaesong Industrial Complex

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South Korea warns North Korea not to use assets from Kaesong Industrial Complex

The wheels on the bus should not go ‘round, unification ministry says, after Hyundai buses spotted in state media

Jeongmin Kim April 6, 2023

South Korea warns North Korea not to use assets from Kaesong Industrial Complex

A South Korean-made blue bus on the streets of Pyongyang in the bottom left in a photo that appeared in North Korea’s primary newspaper this week | Image: Rodong Sinmun (April 5, 2023)

Seoul has warned Pyongyang to stop operating South Korean-owned assets at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the joint economic project that the South pulled out of in 2016.

The unification ministry issued the statement on Thursday after North Korean state media featured buses that previously operated in the complex. North Korea has used these buses outside the Kaesong premises for years.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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