North Korea’s Sneaky Attack Revealed: South Korean Investments Vanish Overnight

South Korean company established
Buildings invested in North Korean projects approved by the South Korean government
Setting relationships between two hostile nations and war-torn countries

It has recently been revealed that North Korea has dismantled a building near the entrance to the Kaesong Industrial Complex. This move is seen as part of North Korea’s erasure of South Korea following its definition of inter-Korean relations as hostile.

On the 2nd, the South Korean Ministry of Unification confirmed that the recently demolished building outside the Kaesong Industrial Complex was a temporary structure set up for investment by our cooperation companies. They announced that it was a building that our cooperation companies had invested in North Korea apart from the Kaesong Industrial Complex after receiving approval for North Korean projects from the government.

This move by North Korea appears to be a change captured in satellite photos of the area around the South Korean entrance to the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

In photos released by Planet Labs on the 27th, the building site in front of the Kaesong Industrial Complex was empty.

Just a few days ago, a brown-roofed building about 131 feet long and 65 feet wide stood, but now it has been reduced to bare ground, indicating that the demolition has been completed.

This building is estimated to have been set up about 164 feet from the entrance to the Kaesong Industrial Complex to control South Korean vehicles and personnel entering and exiting the complex.

However, the Ministry of Unification stated that this building was not used even when the Kaesong Industrial Complex was operated.

The actual demolition work of the building is estimated to have started on the 17th, and it is captured that the area of the torn roof has been expanding since then.

The South Korean Ministry of Unification did not reveal the specific name of the company that installed the building, nor did they reveal why North Korea had demolished the building near the South Korean entrance.

However, speculation has been raised that North Korea’s actions could lead to more significant changes, such as the complete dismantling of the entrance.

There is growing attention to how North Korea will respond to South Korea in the future, as Kim Jong Un has shown changes in his policy towards the South.

Previously, North Korea had demolished the South-North Joint Liaison Office and the Kaesong Industrial Complex Support Center building four years after the operation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex was suspended in 2020.

Furthermore, at the beginning of this year, North Korea cleaned the remains of the Joint Liaison Office building, laid mines on all roads connecting North and South, and showed actions to sever the physical connection between the two Koreas.

38 North, a U.S. North Korea-specialized website, stated “North Korea’s focus on the all-out strike system from January to April occurred simultaneously with a fundamental shift in policy towards the South”.

Furthermore, it is speculated that North Korea has embarked on an erasure of kinship and unification as it has reorganized its South Korean organizations, such as the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, and demolished the Monument to the Three-Point Charter for National Reunification and local unification monuments.

They have also shown actions such as deleting three thousand-ri from the national anthem lyrics and modifying the image of the Korean peninsula that appears in documentaries and weather forecasts.

Meanwhile, it was reported that South Korea had dismantled the Gyeongui and Donghae Lines, which were provided to North Korea in the form of a loan, immediately after North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un declared two war-torn countries.

In response, a South Korean Unification Ministry official emphasized, “The Gyeongui and Donghae Line and road connection projects were carried out as a loan of the South Korean government, so North Korea must repay,” pointing out North Korea’s actions.

Due to North Korea’s erasure of South Korea, it would be hard to achieve friendly development of inter-Korean relations.