North Korea looks to lure footwear producers to ‘special industrial zone’

04/12/2002

Footwear manufacturers are among the South Korean businesses that North Korea is hoping to lure to its ‘special industrial zone’, which is planned for its Southern border.

Conceived as part of the North’s wider programme to attract much needed foreign investment, the zone will be located near the town of Kaesong, which is sited immediately to the North of the 4-kilometre- (2.5-mile)-wide Demilitarised Zone.