Labour problems; The Koreans.(Cross-border labour issues in the Koreas)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 27, 2006 | Copyright information

An industrial park causes tensions with America

AMERICA'S chief negotiator on North Korea, Christopher Hill, visited Seoul on May 25th, part of an effort to re-start stalled talks over North Korea's illicit nuclear programmes. Increasingly, though, America and its ally South Korea are at odds about the North. America tends to see the South as far too soft on its neighbour, a view well illustrated by the two countries' attitude towards a quite separate North-South issue: ...

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