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2017.06.28
| Won | Pyongyang | Sinuiju | Hyesan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange Rate | 8,070 | 8,050 | 8,095 |
| Rice Price | 5,800 | 6,000 | 5,900 |
It has been confirmed that in approximately 70 days following the shutdown of the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in April this year, North Korea used a further 1.14 million tons of water. South Korea’s public water utility, K-water made the figures public today as part of a regular National Assembly audit of the incumbent administration.
Democratic Party lawmaker Park Gi Chun, citing the findings of a K-water report into water use, stated, “In accordance with K-water’s crisis response manual, they shut off the water supply on April 29th. However, thereafter North Korea removed the seal without notice and began to use the water.”
“They used an average of 16,300 tons per day,” Park went on, “and over 70 days they used 1,141,000 tons.”
Evidence of the unauthorized usage was revealed when K-water engineers next visited the KIC on July 9th to check filtration and drainage facilities and prepare for impending inter-Korean working-level meetings.
It has been pointed out that the administration's own statements contradict the K-water report. Notably, the Ministry of Unification previously said that it did not take steps to shut off water and electricity supplies to the KIC.
On May 6th, the week after K-water says it shut off the supply, Minister of Unification Ryoo Kihl Jae told the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, “The government has yet to make a decision regarding water and power supplies to the Kaesong Complex.”
Democratic Party lawmaker Park Gi Chun, citing the findings of a K-water report into water use, stated, “In accordance with K-water’s crisis response manual, they shut off the water supply on April 29th. However, thereafter North Korea removed the seal without notice and began to use the water.”
“They used an average of 16,300 tons per day,” Park went on, “and over 70 days they used 1,141,000 tons.”
Evidence of the unauthorized usage was revealed when K-water engineers next visited the KIC on July 9th to check filtration and drainage facilities and prepare for impending inter-Korean working-level meetings.
It has been pointed out that the administration's own statements contradict the K-water report. Notably, the Ministry of Unification previously said that it did not take steps to shut off water and electricity supplies to the KIC.
On May 6th, the week after K-water says it shut off the supply, Minister of Unification Ryoo Kihl Jae told the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, “The government has yet to make a decision regarding water and power supplies to the Kaesong Complex.”
