N. Korea Develops Industrial Complex

KAESONG, NORTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 27: North Korean women work at the assembly line of the factory of shoemaker Samduk Inc. at the Kaesong industrial complex on February 27, 2006 in Kaesong, North Korea. 300 South Korean companies, mostly labour-intensive manufacturers, are awaiting to build their factories in the site, just 10 km north of the world's most heavily fortified border bisecting the two Koreas, by the end of 2007 planning to hire more than 100,000 North Koreans to make products ranging from shoes and watches, textile products, according to officials from Kaesong industrial complex. About 2,000 South Korean companies have applied to move their production facilities into the Kaesong complex, where they can pay only one-thirtieth of the monthly wage per worker they pay at home or half the pay even in China. (photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)