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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
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Evergreen A year on from KIC closure, two CEOs struggle to rebuild their businessesPark Yong-man and Lee Joung-deok look back on the shock closure one year on “Right now, I feel like I could just smash my head to death with a rock,” Park Yong-man, CEO of a business based at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), told NK News just a few hours after Seoul shut down the plant on the afternoon of February 10, 2016. “I am exploding with anger... I have spent my most precious years – over a decade – establishing my company at the KIC, now it is all gone.” © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |