Kaesong done?

The experimentation in market economics in North Korea is coming to a close.

North Korea is apparently trying to pressure the South over cross-border propaganda leaflets by threatening closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex. The Unification Ministry on Sunday said the North Korean government sent Lt. Gen. Kim Yong-Chol, a top policy maker at the National Defense Commission, to the industrial complex on Nov. 6 to carry out an unprecedented inspection.

Read this post on OFK for a round-up of the reason why North Korea would close down Kaesong. Mainly, despite its many flaws, the idea that Kaesong had some effect was intolerable to the North Korean regime.