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China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts
China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts
The Case for Kaesong: Fostering Korean Peace through Economic Ties
The Case for Kaesong: Fostering Korean Peace through Economic Ties
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. The Kaesong Industrial Complex’s Political Rise and Fall
  4. The Complex’s Past and Potential Economic Benefits
    1. Benefits for the South
    2. Benefits for the North
  5. The Complex’s Operational and Political Challenges
  6. Prospects for Reopening the Complex
    1. Prospects in South Korea
    2. Prospects in North Korea
  7. Conclusions and Recommendations
  8. Appendix A: Map of Korean Peninsula
  9. Appendix B: Questions and Answers about Crisis Group’s Quantitative Analysis of South Korean Complex Firms
  10. Appendix C: Timeline of Events Leading to the Kaesong Industrial Complex’s Closure
The front pages of Chinese evening newspapers, showing images of China's President Xi Jinping with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are displayed at a newspaper stand in Beijing on March 28, 2018. Fred DUFOUR / AFP
Commentary / Asia

China Moves Centre Stage in Korean Peninsula Peace Efforts

After weeks in which other actors have taken notable steps towards defusing fears of war over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile program, a China-North Korea summit held 26-27 March in Beijing has reasserted China’s pivotal role in efforts to find a solution to the nuclear crisis.