That industrial park is the ONLY profitable enterprise in NK.
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!
What does it matter to the North? The are determine to go to war so it will be cut off anyway. Baby face is about to get spanked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaesong_Industrial_Region
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In 2012 wages were estimated at about $160 per month, about one-fifth of the South Korean minimum wage, and about a quarter of typical Chinese wages.
The firms are taking advantage of cheap labor available in the North to compete with China to create low-end goods such as shoes, clothes, and watches.