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Key dates in joint Kaesong complex
Key dates in joint Kaesong complex
SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A South Korea-run industrial complex in North Korea
faced a serious threat of rupture as North Korea said Friday that all
inter-Korean contracts concerning the reconciliatory venture are now void.
Following is the chronology of the development of the joint park in the North's
border town of Kaesong, an outcome of the first inter-Korean summit in 2000.
June 15, 2000 -- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il issue a joint statement to boost reconciliation and economic exchanges in
the first inter-Korean summit.
Aug. 22 -- Hyundai Asan Corp. signs an agreement with North Korea's Asia-Pacific
Peace Committee on developing 6,612 square meters of land in Kaesong.
Dec. 8, 2002 -- The governments of South and North Korea sign an agreement on
customs clearance, quarantine inspection and communications in the Kaesong
industrial complex.
Dec. 27 -- The Seoul government grants Hyundai Asan and the state-run Korea Land
Corporation rights to jointly develop the Kaesong park with North Korea.
June 30, 2003 -- Construction begins.
April 13, 2004 -- Hyundai Asan and the Korea Land Corporation sign a contract
with North Korea to lease 3.3 million square meters of land in Kaesong.
Dec. 15 -- Goods are produced for the first time at the Kaesong park.
Dec. 28, 2005 -- KT, South Korea's major communications company, begins service
in Kaesong.
Nov. 21, 2006 -- The number of North Korean employees surpasses 10,000.
Dec. 21 -- The Seoul-based state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation begins
electricity supply to the Kaesong park.
Jan. 30, 2007 -- Accumulated output surpasses US$100 million.
Sept. 30 -- Accumulated output doubles to $200 million.
Oct. 4 -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
issues a joint statement to develop relations in the second inter-Korean summit.
Nov. 5 -- The number of North Korean employees reaches 20,000.
Dec. 11 -- South Korea begins cargo train service to the Kaesong park.
March 24, 2008 -- North Korea demands all South Korean government officials leave
the Kaesong park.
March 27 -- South Korean officials leave the Kaesong park.
July 4 -- The number of North Korean employees surpasses 30,000.
Oct. 2 -- The North Korean delegation to working-level military talks with South
Korea warns that there could be a "negative influence" on the Kaesong park should
anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns from the South continue.
Nov. 6 -- Lt. Gen. Kim Yong-chol, head of the policy planning office of the
North's powerful National Defense Commission, surveys the joint park.
Nov. 12 -- North Korea's military says the North will curtail South Korean
traffic across the military demarcation line as of Dec. 1.
Nov. 24 -- North Korea's military says the North will terminate South Korean
tours to historic sites in Kaesong. Accumulated output by South Korean firms in
Kaesong surpasses $500 million as of November.
Dec. 1 -- North Korea cuts the number of South Korean workers allowed to stay in
Kaesong to 880 and curtails border traffic.
March 9-20, 2009 -- North Korea seals the inter-Korean border three times in
protest of South Korea's military exercise with the United States.
March 30 -- North Korea arrests an employee of Hyundai Asan in Kaesong on charges
of criticizing its political system and trying to incite a North Korean female
worker to defect.
April 16 -- The Central Special Zone Development Guidance General Bureau, the
North's state agency in charge of the joint park, says it has an "important
notice" to make regarding operations of the Kaesong industrial complex and
demands a government-level meeting.
April 21 -- Officials of South and North Korea meet in Kaesong. North Korea
demands wage hikes and contract revisions in talks that last 22 minutes.
May 4 -- North Korea proposes to hold the second round of talks on May 6.
May 5 -- South Korea tells the North that the meeting cannot be held on the
proposed date.
May 8 -- South Korea proposes to hold the talks on May 15.
May 9 -- North Korea says South Korea is procrastinating and proposes talks on
May 12.
May 11 -- South Korea reiterates its proposed date and demands the issue of the
detained worker be included in the talks.
May 12 -- A three-member delegation travels to Kaesong to set up the talks. North
Korea rejects Seoul's May 15 proposal.
May 15 -- South Korea proposes to hold talks on May 18. North Korea sends a
message to the South saying all contracts regarding the Kaesong venture have
become void, and it will unilaterally revise them.
hkim@yna.co.kr
(END)
SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- A South Korea-run industrial complex in North Korea
faced a serious threat of rupture as North Korea said Friday that all
inter-Korean contracts concerning the reconciliatory venture are now void.
Following is the chronology of the development of the joint park in the North's
border town of Kaesong, an outcome of the first inter-Korean summit in 2000.
June 15, 2000 -- South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim
Jong-il issue a joint statement to boost reconciliation and economic exchanges in
the first inter-Korean summit.
Aug. 22 -- Hyundai Asan Corp. signs an agreement with North Korea's Asia-Pacific
Peace Committee on developing 6,612 square meters of land in Kaesong.
Dec. 8, 2002 -- The governments of South and North Korea sign an agreement on
customs clearance, quarantine inspection and communications in the Kaesong
industrial complex.
Dec. 27 -- The Seoul government grants Hyundai Asan and the state-run Korea Land
Corporation rights to jointly develop the Kaesong park with North Korea.
June 30, 2003 -- Construction begins.
April 13, 2004 -- Hyundai Asan and the Korea Land Corporation sign a contract
with North Korea to lease 3.3 million square meters of land in Kaesong.
Dec. 15 -- Goods are produced for the first time at the Kaesong park.
Dec. 28, 2005 -- KT, South Korea's major communications company, begins service
in Kaesong.
Nov. 21, 2006 -- The number of North Korean employees surpasses 10,000.
Dec. 21 -- The Seoul-based state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation begins
electricity supply to the Kaesong park.
Jan. 30, 2007 -- Accumulated output surpasses US$100 million.
Sept. 30 -- Accumulated output doubles to $200 million.
Oct. 4 -- South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
issues a joint statement to develop relations in the second inter-Korean summit.
Nov. 5 -- The number of North Korean employees reaches 20,000.
Dec. 11 -- South Korea begins cargo train service to the Kaesong park.
March 24, 2008 -- North Korea demands all South Korean government officials leave
the Kaesong park.
March 27 -- South Korean officials leave the Kaesong park.
July 4 -- The number of North Korean employees surpasses 30,000.
Oct. 2 -- The North Korean delegation to working-level military talks with South
Korea warns that there could be a "negative influence" on the Kaesong park should
anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns from the South continue.
Nov. 6 -- Lt. Gen. Kim Yong-chol, head of the policy planning office of the
North's powerful National Defense Commission, surveys the joint park.
Nov. 12 -- North Korea's military says the North will curtail South Korean
traffic across the military demarcation line as of Dec. 1.
Nov. 24 -- North Korea's military says the North will terminate South Korean
tours to historic sites in Kaesong. Accumulated output by South Korean firms in
Kaesong surpasses $500 million as of November.
Dec. 1 -- North Korea cuts the number of South Korean workers allowed to stay in
Kaesong to 880 and curtails border traffic.
March 9-20, 2009 -- North Korea seals the inter-Korean border three times in
protest of South Korea's military exercise with the United States.
March 30 -- North Korea arrests an employee of Hyundai Asan in Kaesong on charges
of criticizing its political system and trying to incite a North Korean female
worker to defect.
April 16 -- The Central Special Zone Development Guidance General Bureau, the
North's state agency in charge of the joint park, says it has an "important
notice" to make regarding operations of the Kaesong industrial complex and
demands a government-level meeting.
April 21 -- Officials of South and North Korea meet in Kaesong. North Korea
demands wage hikes and contract revisions in talks that last 22 minutes.
May 4 -- North Korea proposes to hold the second round of talks on May 6.
May 5 -- South Korea tells the North that the meeting cannot be held on the
proposed date.
May 8 -- South Korea proposes to hold the talks on May 15.
May 9 -- North Korea says South Korea is procrastinating and proposes talks on
May 12.
May 11 -- South Korea reiterates its proposed date and demands the issue of the
detained worker be included in the talks.
May 12 -- A three-member delegation travels to Kaesong to set up the talks. North
Korea rejects Seoul's May 15 proposal.
May 15 -- South Korea proposes to hold talks on May 18. North Korea sends a
message to the South saying all contracts regarding the Kaesong venture have
become void, and it will unilaterally revise them.
hkim@yna.co.kr
(END)
