The Kaesong factory park was a major symbol of cooperation between the Koreas and an important income source for North Korea before the South’s previous conservative government shut it down in February 2016
South Korea is supplying water in the North Korean border town of Kaesong using a facility in a now-closed factory park that had been jointly operated by the rivals.
The water is being supplied to a liaison office between the countries that opened in Kaesong last month and has been provided to the town’s residents as well, South Korea’s Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said on Wednesday.
He said the resumption of water supply does not violate international sanctions against the North over its nuclear weapons and missile programme.
Using the facility that draws from a reservoir near the park, South Korea has been pumping 1,000 to 2,000 tons to the liaison office and about 15,000 tons to the rest of the city every day, Baik said.
“There are also humanitarian considerations as the residents of Kaesong have to rely on the park’s facility for water,” he said. “This has nothing to do with restarting the Kaesong factory park.
