Number of North Korean workers at Kaesong Industrial Complex 2005-2020
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.