Kaesong

alternative Gaeseong

1. A city in North Korea.

   Kaesong, a city with an estimated 200,000 people, is located just north of the heavily fortified land border with South Korea.

   2020 July 26, “Coronavirus: North Korea locks down Kaesong over suspected case”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020, News

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   The South's Hyundai Asan offers one-day trips to Kaesong, just north of the heavily armed border and about 70 km (45 miles) northwest of Seoul, where visitors can see ancient Korean history and take a glance at life in Asia's only communist dynasty.

   2008 November 14, Jon Herskovitz, “Travel Postcard: 8 hours, 32 minutes in Kaesong, North Korea”, in Jonathan Thatcher, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025

   Kaesong, located six miles north of the heavily fortified border, employs about 50,000 North Koreans and is home to about 120 South Korean businesses. Those businesses received tax benefits and low-interest loans from the South Korean government, as well as risk insurance.

   2013 April 2, Chico Harlan, “North Korea bars southern workers from industrial complex”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2013

   In announcing the decision, Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo said the industrial complex in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, which went into operation in 2004, had wound up providing funds for the North’s weapons programs.

   2016 February 10, Choe Sang-Hun, “South Korea to Shut Joint Factory Park, Kaesong, Over Nuclear Test and Rocket”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2016, Asia Pacific

   In July, a North Korean defector who had fled to the South three years ago sneaked back over the heavily fortified border into the impoverished nation. His crossing prompted North Korean officials to put the border city of Kaesong under lockdown amid fears that he may have carried the coronavirus.

   2020 September 24, “North Korea shot dead South Korean in its waters: Seoul”, in France 24, sourced from Seoul (AFP), archived from the original on 30 Nov 2021, Live news

   Synonyms: Kaicheng