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North Korean village

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, from Odusan Unification Tower in Paju near Seoul, an observatory overlooking the border of North and South Korea, shows a village in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Lee leaves for Kaesong to prepare for inter-Korean summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Unification Minister Lee Kwan Se (C) speaks to journalists, as Unification Minister Lee Jae Jeong (L) looks on, before leaving for the North Korean border city of Kaesong on Aug. 14 to attend preparatory talks for a second inter-Korean summit.

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S. Korean delegation visits N. Korea

DORASAN, South Korea, June 8 Kyodo - A delegation of South Korean government and company officials, led by Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (3rd from L), leaves Dorasan, north of Seoul, on June 8, 2018, for the North Korean border city of Kaesong to prepare for the opening of a joint liaison office there.

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S. Korean Catholic cardinal visits N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Roman Catholic Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo Jung arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, after visiting the joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea, on May 21, 2014.

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Visit to Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - Officials of foreign financial authorities and institutions visit the joint inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong on Dec. 19, 2013.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows a traditional inn in Kaesong, North Korea. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows an area subject to protection where traditional houses remain in Kaesong, North Korea. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in June 2013 shows the Mausoleum of King Kongmin (L), the 31st king of Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), and the mausoleum of his wife Queen Noguk, in Kaesong, North Korea. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of the dynasty, on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Kaesong, North Korea, in September 2013 shows Koryo Songgyungwan, former education institute, currently used as Koryo Museum. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2013 shows remains of Manwoldae Palace in Kaesong, North Korea, the royal palace of Korea's Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), which was built in 919 and was burnt down in 1361. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of the dynasty, on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Kaesong, North Korea in September 2013 shows Sonjuk Bridge that was built during Koryo Dynasty (918-1392). Jeong Mong Ju, Confucian scholar in late years of the dynasty, was assassinated at the bridge. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of the dynasty, on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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Kaesong World Heritage

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows Namdae Gate in central Kaesong, North Korea. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee in June 2013 decided to inscribe historic monuments and sites in Kaesong, which was the capital of Korea's Koryo Dynasty (918-1392), on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit Kaesong

DORASAN, South Korea - A group of South Korean lawmakers are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, before crossing the border into North Korea on Oct. 30, 2013, to visit the inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean vehicles heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ki Woong, South Korea's chief delegate heading to talks with the North Korean side in a joint industrial in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, is pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean managers and workers heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Kaesong trial operations begin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean vehicles heading to a joint industrial zone in the North Korean border town of Kaesong are pictured at an inter-Korean transit office in Dorasan, South Korea, on Sept. 16, 2013. The two Koreas reopened the industrial zone on a trial basis the same day, five months after it was closed amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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2 Koreas agree to reopen joint industrial zone on Sept. 16

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ki Woong, a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2013. The ministry said the same day that North and South Korea have agreed to resume operations at the shuttered joint industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong from Sept. 16.

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2 Koreas agree to reopen joint industrial zone on Sept. 16

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ki Woong, a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2013. The ministry said the same day that North and South Korea have agreed to resume operations at the shuttered joint industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong from Sept. 16.

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Inter-Korean transit office

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in northern South Korea on Aug. 22, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies heading for a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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2 Koreas begin talks on joint industrial zone

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken in Seoul on Aug. 14, 2013, shows South Korea's Kim Ki Woong (C) heading for a seventh round of talks with North Korean officials in a joint industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong. North and South Korea began working-level talks later in the day on normalizing operations at the industrial zone that have remained suspended for nearly four months.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 12, 2013, carrying finished products and raw materials retrieved from the facilities of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The products and materials had been stuck in the zone for about three months.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 12, 2013, carrying finished products and raw materials retrieved from the facilities of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The products and materials had been stuck in the zone for about three months.

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Visit to inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, shows vehicles carrying representatives of South Korean companies returning from a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. They visited the zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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Visit to inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Photo shows vehicles at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, carrying representatives of South Korean companies returning from a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. They visited the zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles are pictured at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on July 10, 2013, carrying representatives of South Korean companies operating in a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong. The representatives plan to visit the industrial zone for maintenance checks on their facilities and to retrieve finished products and raw materials stuck in the zone for nearly three months.

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S. Korea proposes talks with North

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Hyung Seok, a spokesman for South Korea's Unification Ministry, tells a press conference in Seoul on July 4, 2013, that South Korea proposed earlier in the day working-level talks with North Korea be held July 6 at the truce village of Panmunjeom to discuss issues related to the suspended joint industrial complex in the North's border city of Kaesong.

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Kaesong added to World Heritage List

TOKYO, Japan - This December 2007 file photo shows Sonjuk Bridge in the ancient city of Kaesong in North Korea. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided June 23, 2013, to add historic monuments and sites in Kaesong to the U.N. agency's World Heritage List.

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Inter-Korean industrial complex

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, returning from an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North's border town of Kaesong on April 30, 2013. North Korea pulled out its 53,000 laborers from the zone and prevented the entry of South Korean staff and industrial materials earlier in the month.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean vehicle loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean vehicles loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrive at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - A South Korean vehicle loaded with industrial products and raw materials arrives at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 27, 2013, when returning from a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea near the border with the South.

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S. Koreans return from industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles of South Korean media outlets are on standby in front of a bridge in Paju, South Korea, on the border with North Korea, on April 27, 2013. The bridge leads to a joint North-South industrial complex in Kaesong, North Korea.

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S. Korea to withdraw all workers from Kaesong

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae holds a press conference in Seoul on April 26, 2013. Ryoo said South Korea has decided to withdraw all South Korean workers at the inter-Korean industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong.

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S. Korea proposes talks with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung Seok speaks at the ministry in Seoul on April 25, 2013. Kim said South Korea gave North Korea an April 26 deadline to respond to its proposal for talks on normalizing operations at a joint industrial zone in North Korea's border town of Kaesong, which were suspended by Pyongyang earlier in the month.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean businessmen hold a press conference at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013, after North Korea rejected their request to visit an joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles loading food and medicines are on standby at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013. North Korea rejected a request the same day by a group of South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows buildings in an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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Inter-Korean industrial zone

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows an area inside an inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.

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