Kaesong Death Watch: Fleeing for the Exits
South Korean companies are packing up their equipment and leaving Kaesong while they still can. Even by the Hanky’s low standards, this is an exceptionally dishonest bit of spin. The reporter tries to place the blame for the exodus on President Lee for joining the PSI, while making only cryptic references to the events that brought that decision about. But it’s the glaring omissions that are the most striking: the Hanky makes no mention at all of North Korea blocking access to Kaesong, demanding exhorbitant “wage” increases, or holding one of its factory managers under incommunicado arrest for three months.