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Tag: Kaesong

The Kaesong Industrial Complex in 2013. Photo; Andrew Salmon/Asia Times
Posted inNorth Korea

North Korea lifts lockdown of border city: KCNA

by AT Contributor August 14, 2020August 14, 2020

North Korea said Friday it had lifted a three-week lockdown that was imposed on a border city after a defector believed to be carrying the coronavirus sneaked back into the country. The secretive nation has insisted it has had no cases of Covid-19 – a claim international experts say is unlikely, given the spread of […]

Posted inNorth-South Korea

Re-defector gives North Korea a Covid scapegoat

by Andrew Salmon July 27, 2020July 29, 2020
Posted inWorld

Global cases top 16m as NK reports first infection

by Sunghee Hwang July 26, 2020July 28, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia

North Korea blows up relations with the South

by Andrew Salmon June 16, 2020July 4, 2020
The Kaesong Industrial Complex in 2013. Photo; Andrew Salmon/Asia Times
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Sole inter-Korean dialogue office closes over virus fears

by Andrew Salmon January 30, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, United States, World

Inter-Korean businessmen to talk to US Congress

by Andrew Salmon June 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia

North pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office

by Andrew Salmon March 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Hanoi ‘all for all’ versus ‘all or nothing’

by Andrew Salmon March 12, 2019February 18, 2020
South and North Korean officials unveil a signboard for Seoul and Pyongyang during a groundbreaking ceremony for reconnecting and repairing the railways across the divided Korean peninsula at Panmun Station in North Korea's border city of Kaesong on December 26, 2018. Photo: AFP/Korea Pool
Posted inAT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Two Koreas break ground on rail links – again

by Andrew Salmon December 26, 2018February 18, 2020
The women's 100m final at the 1988 Seoul games, won by Florence Griffiths-Joyner. Photo: Ron McMillan
Posted inAustralia, European Union, Germany, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, World

Game changer? Koreas to jointly bid for 2032 Olympics

by Andrew Salmon November 2, 2018February 18, 2020
السكة الحديد بين الكوريتين في شمال شرق جنوب كوريا هو أقل السكك الحديد إستخداماً في البلد 

صورة: آندرو سالمون
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Koreas plan to reconnect road and rail links

by Andrew Salmon October 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Officials from North and South Korea attend the opening ceremony of the inter-Korean governmental liaison office in Kaesong, North Korea, on Friday. Photo; Joint Press Corps/Ministry of Unification
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Two Koreas set up joint office in Northern city

by Andrew Salmon September 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump on June 12, 2018 at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. Photo: AFP/KCNA VIA KNS
Posted inAT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

White House agrees to second summit with Kim

by Andrew Salmon September 11, 2018February 18, 2020
South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-Yong meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Sept 5, 2018. Photo: The Blue House, PM's office, Seoul
Posted inAT Finance, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea

Hopes inter-Korean talks will kick-start denuclearization process

by Andrew Salmon September 6, 2018February 18, 2020
A South Korean train on the Imjingang railroad bridge near Imjingang Station in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. Photo: AFP/Seung-il Ryu
Posted inAT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-led UN Command stops South Korean train entering North

by Andrew Salmon August 31, 2018February 18, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands in unity after signing agreements during the inter-Korean summit at Panmunjom on April 27, 2018. Photo: Reuters TV frame grab
Posted inChina, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Leaders agree to end Korean War: ‘We have become friends’

by Andrew Salmon April 27, 2018February 18, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: Reuters via KCNA
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Moon-Kim summit must be guided by calm realism

by Taehwa Hong March 13, 2018
Head of the North Korean delegation Ri Son Gwon shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Cho Myoung-gyon during their meeting at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas on January 9, 2018. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea’s ‘gift’ to South Korea: Winter Olympics participation

by Andrew Salmon January 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Members of South Korea's Unification Ministry (L) shaking hands with their North Korean counterparts during talks at the joint Kaesong industrial park in 2014. Photo: AFP / South Korean Unification Ministry
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Closed N. Korean factories at Kaesong project likely didn’t pay for nukes: analyst

by Asia Times staff December 23, 2017February 18, 2020

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