North Korea began construction this week on a new industrial zone in Kaesong that it hopes will attract high-tech companies.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the Kaesong Hi-Tech Industrial Park took place on Monday, less than a month after three foreign companies signed a deal with the government to work on design and construction of the park.

North Korea’s state media hasn’t said much about its plans for the zone since it announced it at an international conference on special economic zones that took place in Pyongyang in October.

But this week, state media reported on both the high-tech park and ground breaking.

“The park will have More >