Delegates Visit Kaesong Industrial Complex(01 of36)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(15 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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(16 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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(17 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(18 of36)
Open Image ModalA 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(19 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(20 of36)
Open Image ModalA 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(21 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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(22 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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)
Open Image ModalNorth 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)
NKOREA-SKOREA-POLITICS-ECONOMY(24 of36)
Open Image ModalNorth 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)
Open Image ModalA 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)
Open Image ModalA 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(27 of36)
Open Image ModalTwo 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)
Open Image ModalCars 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)
SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY-ECONOMY-KAESONG(29 of36)
Open Image ModalCars 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)
SKOREA-NKOREA-MILITARY-ECONOMY-KAESONG(30 of36)
Open Image ModalCars 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalKAESONG, 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)
Open Image ModalThe 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)
SKOREA-NKOREA-ECONOMY-KAESONG(34 of36)
Open Image ModalPhotographers 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)
Open Image ModalA 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)
Open Image ModalPAJU, 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)