Kaesong Industrial Region - Definition and Overview

Kaesŏng Industrial Region
Korean Name
McCune-Reischauer	Kaesŏng Kongŏp Chigu
Revised Romanization	Gaeseong Gongeop Jigu
Hangul	개성 공업 지구
Hanja	開城工業地區
Short Name	Kaesŏng (Gaeseong; 개성; 開城)
Statistics
Population	?
Area	?
Government	Industrial Region
Administrative Divisions	(unknown)
Split from	Kaesŏng Directly Governed City, 2002
Dialect	Seoul
Location Map (Note: Map shows boundaries of former Kaesŏng Directly Governed City)

Kaesŏng Industrial Regon (Kaesŏng Kongŏp Chigu) is a special administrative region of North Korea. It was formed in 2002 from part of Kaesŏng Directly Governed City. The region is undergoing free-market trials and reforms.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics