Last week the two Koreas struck an agreement to reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex, an inter-Korean project closed by North Korea in April amid escalating tensions on the peninsula.

NK News spoke to Dr. Chang-hyun Jung, adjunct professor at Kookmin University, on August 7, the day North Korea accepted South Korea’s proposal to engage in talks over the Kaesong Industrial Complex issue, to find out about the past, present and future of inter-Korean relations.

WHAT DROVE KAESONG INTO CRISIS?

The crisis over the Kaesong Industrial Complex was essentially a byproduct of a U.S.-DPRK standoff, further aggravated by verbal conflicts between