The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) was shut down in 2016 and has not been reopened since. That is why the number of employees from 2017 to 2020 are given as zero. In 2015, the number of North Korean workers at Kaesong Industrial Complex amounted to around 55 thousand.
As a joint inter-Korean economic project, the Kaesong Industrial Complex, located in North Korea, was established through the mutual agreement on cross-border collaboration by the South and North Korean governments in 2004. The production value of Kaesong Industrial Complex increased from its start in 2005 to 2015. Due to the tensions on the Korean peninsula, operations of the Kaesong Industrial Complex were suspended as of February 2016.
Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020
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Statistics Korea. (June 9, 2021). Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/
Statistics Korea. "Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020." Chart. June 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/
Statistics Korea. (2021). Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/
Statistics Korea. "Number of North Korean Employees Working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (Kic) in Cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/
Statistics Korea, Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of North Korean employees working at Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in cooperation with South Korea from 2005 to 2020 [Graph], Statistics Korea, June 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/746289/south-korea-kaesong-industrial-complex-north-korean-worker-number/
