Kaesong Updates

Could free medical care for ordinary North Koreans be one of the few good things to come from the Kaesong Industrial Park? It would if the North Korean authorities actually allowed it, but they won’t. Their engagement strategy is to insulate ordinary North Koreans from the kindness of the outside world.

Meanwhile, a second plant, this one slated to make auto and semiconductor parts, is slated to crank out its first wares at Kaesong next week. The plant will eventually employ 350 workers, but employs just 70 at the moment.