SEOUL ¨C Park Yong-man says his hopes of ever restarting his clothing factory at the inter-Korean economic complex in Kaesong, North Korea, appear ¡°beyond impossible¡± with the election of conservative Yoon Suk-yeol as South Korea¡¯s president.
The project, which housed some 124 South Korean companies and employed 55,000 North Korean workers, was shuttered in early 2016 following a rocket launch and nuclear test by the North.
Resuming it is among the many efforts at engagement that appear on hold for the foreseeable future amid Pyongyang¡¯s increasingly confrontational moves and Yoon¡¯s vow to take a harder line on the North.
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