I think the Moon administration may be trying to create a precedent of sanctions exemptions at the Kaesong Industrial Complex with this request. If this gets approved down the road they could request even more small exemptions and pretty soon they have a working industrial park again:
The Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea is seen in this file photo. All operations in the joint venture between the two Koreas have been stopped since 2016 when Seoul decided to close the complex. Yonhap
South Korea’s foreign ministry said Wednesday it was talking with the United States to possibly obtain sanctions relief for North Korea, though the ministry didn’t specify when the relief would happen.
“The ministry is in discussions with the United States to get the go-ahead for partial sanctions relief, which will be helpful for South Korea to push forward the country’s business projects, most of which are non-commercial, with North Korea. But the South has no plans to violate U.N. sanctions now being imposed on the North,” said a ministry official.
The official added the U.N. Security Council’s actions would support and conform to the efforts of diplomatic talks toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
At the Singapore summit in June between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Trump said economic sanctions will be maintained until Pyongyang’s nuclear program is “no longer a problem.”
The remarks came after Seoul began supplying power to the liaison office located inside the joint industrial park in Gaeseong, North Korea. Seoul’s unification ministry said South Korea seeks to run the office within this month in consultation with the U.S. and the allies.
It also said the power supply will be limited to the joint liaison office, not the entire Gaeseong Industrial Complex (GIC), and that its measure should not be seen as a sign of easing the U.S.-led international sanctions on Pyongyang.
The measure however, raised suspicions whether South Korea will be walking a tightrope between abiding by the sanctions and seeking exemptions from the sanctions to help the impoverished Pyongyang regime. [Korea Times]
You can read more at the link, but the Trump administration should tell them to have North Korea provide the power themselves.
We can trust the current RoK leadership on helping North Korea return to the community of nations every bit as far as we can trust Putin, Xi, and KJU to seek to Make America Great.
Meaning about as far as I can toss a Buick Roadmaster.
One-handed.
While hog-tied.
I don’t see it as Moon being “evil”, per se. I think he sees himself as a statesman. Meanwhile, Rocketboy sees Moon as a target.
Flyingsword
5 years ago
Commie moon better ensure the workers at Kaesong get at least the same minimum wage as Soth Korea workers, paid directly to the employees. Also commie moon has to ensure the workers have the right to organize / form labor unions and have collective bargaining power. Otherwise we would being seeing the labors being exploited by owning bourgeoisie class (yangbang) once again.
J6Junkie
5 years ago
Fatty sees Moon as a patsy to be used as much as possible then thrown into the political prisoners gulag when time comes. Or executed like his Uncle.
We can trust the current RoK leadership on helping North Korea return to the community of nations every bit as far as we can trust Putin, Xi, and KJU to seek to Make America Great.
Meaning about as far as I can toss a Buick Roadmaster.
One-handed.
While hog-tied.
I don’t see it as Moon being “evil”, per se. I think he sees himself as a statesman. Meanwhile, Rocketboy sees Moon as a target.
Commie moon better ensure the workers at Kaesong get at least the same minimum wage as Soth Korea workers, paid directly to the employees. Also commie moon has to ensure the workers have the right to organize / form labor unions and have collective bargaining power. Otherwise we would being seeing the labors being exploited by owning bourgeoisie class (yangbang) once again.
Fatty sees Moon as a patsy to be used as much as possible then thrown into the political prisoners gulag when time comes. Or executed like his Uncle.