In 2021, there were no cases of cross-border travel from North to South Korea. After the closing of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in February 2016, cross-border travel plummeted. Events in prior years such as the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and the reopening of the Kaesong Industrial Complex after it had been closed for nearly five months, led to the increase in cross-border travel in 2014. The founding of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong led to increased cross-border travel from North Korea to South Korea; however this building was destroyed in 2020.
Number of cross-border travel cases between South Korea and North Korea from 2000 to 2021
Characteristic
South to North
North to South
2021
0
0
2020
613
0
2019
9,835
0
2018
6,689
809
2017
52
63
2016
14,787
0
2015
132,097
4
2014
129,028
366
2013
76,503
40
2012
120,360
0
2011
116,047
14
2010
130,119
132
2009
120,616
246
2008
186,443
332
2007
158,170
1,044
2006
100,838
870
2005
87,028
1,313
2004
26,213
321
2003
15,280
1,023
2002
12,825
1,052
2001
8,551
191
2000
7,280
706
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