North Korea Strikes Down Laws on Economic Cooperation With South
- Kim Jong Un has stepped up pressure campaign against neighbor
- Pyongyang removing symbols of peaceful reunification
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North Korea’s parliament abolished laws for economic cooperation with South Korea, driving a wedge deeper between the neighbors after leader Kim Jong Un started the year by saying it was impossible to seek peaceful reunification.
The move was announced Thursday by Pyongyang’s official media. While North Korea’s regime operates on the whims of Kim, the laws had provided a more formal basis for the operation of a mountain resort and factory park north of the border. Both projects — once seen as models of future cooperation — have been shuttered for years due to political rancor.