北朝鮮・開城工業団地の労働者がチョコパイを拒否する理由とは(画像集)

北朝鮮南西部の都市・開城(ケソン)の「開城工業団地」が6月30日で10年を迎える。韓国が出資し、北朝鮮の労働者を雇用する事業は、政治の波に何度か翻弄されながらも、、南北の経済協力のモデルとして生きながらえている。
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images)
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北朝鮮南西部の都市・開城(ケソン)の「開城工業団地」が6月30日で開設10年を迎える。韓国企業が、北朝鮮の労働者を比較的安価な賃金で雇用する事業は、政治の波に何度か翻弄されながらも、南北の経済協力のモデルとして生きながらえている。

聯合ニュースによると、開城工業団地は2004年6月30日に開設された。現在は125の韓国企業が入居し、約5万2千人の北朝鮮労働者が働いている。

当初は3段階にわたって66.1平方kmの敷地を開発する計画だったが、2008年の李明博大統領就任後、南北関係が悪化したことにともない、1期の約3.3平方kmが開発されただけだ。

2013年には北朝鮮側が一方的に開城工業団地の閉鎖を通告し、韓国企業関係者が一時撤退する騒ぎにもなった。

北朝鮮・開城工業団地
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(01 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(02 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(03 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work in a bank at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(04 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work in a bank at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(05 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(06 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(07 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(08 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(09 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(10 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(11 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(12 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(13 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: Officials from the G20 Seoul Conference look at miniature models of the Kaesong Industrial Complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(14 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - DECEMBER 19: North Korean employees work at the assembly line of the factory of South Korean company at the Kaesong industrial complex on December 19, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea agreed on this rare cross-border trip of about 30 foreign officials and financial experts proposed by South Korea as the South Korean government watches on Pyongyang following the execution of leader Kim Jong-Un\'s uncle, Jang Song-Thaek. The Kaesong Industrial Complex was re-opened in September after a five-month closure caused by military tensions. (Photo by Park Jin-Hee-Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean workers check finished products at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A North Korean manager looks around as North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean workers prepare to greet a G20 Seoul Conference delegation at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A G20 Seoul Conference delegation (top) visit a factory of a South Korean-owned company as North Korean employees work at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(23 of36)
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North Korean workers labour at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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North Korean employees work at a factory of a South Korean-owned company at the Joint Industrial Park in Kaesong on December 19, 2013, just a few hundred metres (yards) north of the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas. North and South Korea on December 19 held their first talks since Pyongyang\'s shock purge, meeting at a joint industrial park in the North as a delegation of G20 officials toured the facility. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kim Hong-Ji (Photo credit should read Kim Hong-Ji/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY-ECONOMY-KAESONG(25 of36)
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A general view shows the Kaesong joint industrial park seen from a South Korean observation post along the border in Paju on September 25, 2013. Kaesong, born out of the \'sunshine\' reconciliation policy initiated in the late 1990s by then-South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung, was established in 2004 as a rare symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. AFP Photo / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY-ECONOMY-KAESONG(26 of36)
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A general view shows the Kaesong joint industrial park seen from a South Korean observation post along the border in Paju on September 25, 2013. Kaesong, born out of the \'sunshine\' reconciliation policy initiated in the late 1990s by then-South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung, was established in 2004 as a rare symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. AFP Photo / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Two members of the South Korean military (C) stand at attention as vehicles pass through a border checkpoint in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on September 16, 2013 to head back to the North\'s Kaesong industry complex. South Korean businessmen crossed into North Korea on September 16 as the joint Kaesong industrial zone reopened five months after it was closed by soaring military tensions and threats of war. Months of heightened military tensions, with Pyongyang issuing daily apocalyptic threats of nuclear strikes, resulted in North Korea withdrawing its 53,000-strong workforce from the join industrial zone. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY-ECONOMY-KAESONG(28 of36)
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Cars and trucks pass through a border checkpoint in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on September 16, 2013 as people head back to the North\'s Kaesong industry complex. South Korean businessmen crossed into North Korea on September 16 as the joint Kaesong industrial zone reopened five months after it was closed by soaring military tensions and threats of war. Months of heightened military tensions, with Pyongyang issuing daily apocalyptic threats of nuclear strikes, resulted in North Korea withdrawing its 53,000-strong workforce from the join industrial zone. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cars and trucks line up to pass through a border checkpoint in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on September 16, 2013 as people head back to the North\'s Kaesong industry complex. South Korean businessmen crossed into North Korea on September 16 as the joint Kaesong industrial zone reopened five months after it was closed by soaring military tensions and threats of war. Months of heightened military tensions, with Pyongyang issuing daily apocalyptic threats of nuclear strikes, resulted in North Korea withdrawing its 53,000-strong workforce from the join industrial zone. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Cars and trucks wait to pass through a border checkpoint in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on September 16, 2013 as people head back to the North\'s Kaesong industry complex. South Korean businessmen crossed into North Korea on September 16 as the joint Kaesong industrial zone reopened five months after it was closed by soaring military tensions and threats of war. Months of heightened military tensions, with Pyongyang issuing daily apocalyptic threats of nuclear strikes, resulted in North Korea withdrawing its 53,000-strong workforce from the join industrial zone. AFP PHOTO / KIM DOO-HO (Photo credit should read KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Koreas Restart Kaesong Complex Talks(31 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - AUGUST 14: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) A general view of North Korea\'s Kaesong industrial complex from Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee on August 14, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea withdrew over 50,000 of its staff from the factories owned by Seoul in April of this year, and South Korea removed managers in May, during the height of tensions between the two nations. (Photo by Lee Seung-Hwan-Korea Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Koreas Restart Kaesong Complex Talks(32 of36)
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KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - AUGUST 14: (SOUTH KOREA OUT) A general view of North Korea\'s Kaesong industrial complex from Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee on August 14, 2013 in Kaesong, North Korea. North Korea withdrew over 50,000 of its staff from the factories owned by Seoul in April of this year, and South Korea removed managers in May, during the height of tensions between the two nations. (Photo by Lee Seung-Hwan-Korea Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-ECONOMY-KAESONG(33 of36)
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The vehicles of returning businessmen from the Kaesong industrial complex on the border with North Korea, make their way towards a South Korean checkpoint, in Paju on July 10, 2013. North and South Korea started talks on July 10 on reopening a jointly run industrial zone, Seoul\'s Unification Ministry said, with the complex seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Photographers and television crews watch as the vehicles of returning businessmen drive past from the Kaesong industrial complex on the border with North Korea, at a South Korean checkpoint, in Paju on July 10, 2013. North and South Korea started talks on July 10 on reopening a jointly run industrial zone, Seoul\'s Unification Ministry said, with the complex seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
SKOREA-NKOREA-ECONOMY-KAESONG(35 of36)
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A South Korean soldier stands guard prior to businessmen returning from the Kaesong industrial complex on the border with North Korea, at a South Korean checkpoint in Paju on July 10, 2013. North and South Korea started talks on July 10 on reopening a jointly run industrial zone, Seoul\'s Unification Ministry said, with the complex seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
South Korean Workers Withdrawal From Kaesong Delayed(36 of36)
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PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 29: South Korean workers arriving from the Kaesong joint industrial complex in North Korea at the inter-Korean transit office on April 29, 2013 in Paju, South Korea. The workers withdrawal was scheduled to complete today but still seven personnels were not able to return home due to the payments to the North Korean workers. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

チョコパイ拒否、背景に横流し?

開城工業団地の事業者は、1人当たり最低70.35ドル(2014年5月以降)の月給を支払うほか、夜勤などに就いた労働者に現物支給もしている。多くは菓子「チョコパイ」を、1日の夜勤で1人あたり10個程度受け取るのが一般的なようだ。北朝鮮の労働者は、これを北朝鮮国内の市場などで転売して現金に換金し、給料の足しにしているとみられる。

しかし聯合ニュースの別の記事によると、5月中旬からチョコパイの受け取り拒否の動きが出ているという。ある事業所の代表者は「チョコパイの代わりに肉や飯がいいと、職場長が伝えてきた」といい、別の代表者も「業者ごとに状況は違うだろうが、北朝鮮の職場長の要求で6月からチョコパイを支給していない」と話した。ドルを要求された事例もあるようだが、無理な要求はしていないようだという。

理由は正確にはわからないが、南北関係の悪化や、北朝鮮内部の統制強化などによるとみられる。

韓国からの対北人道支援の窓口となる北朝鮮の「民族和解協議会」は4月28日付の書簡で、韓国の対北朝鮮政策に不満を表明し「事前合意なく渡された物品は受け取らない」と宣言したことがある。韓国製のチョコパイが続々とヤミ市場などに横流しされ、取引されている現状を憂慮した可能性もある。

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