This page features data & statistics about inter-Korean exchanges of people and goods, inter-Korean cooperation, the Gaeseong Industrial Complex, Humanitarian projects and more.

Data & Statistics

Major Statistics in Inter-Korean Relations

1. Inter-Korean Exchanges of People and Goods

① Number of Cross-border Travelers

Unit: persons

Number of Cross-border Travelers
Direction	1989- 2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Total	19,944	8,742	13,877	16,303	26,534	88,341	101,708	159,214	186,775	120,862	130,251	116,061	120,360	1,108,972
South to North	18,601	8,551	12,825	15,280	26,213	87,028	100,838	158,170	186,443	120,616	130,119	116,047	120,360	1,101,091
North to South	1,343	191	1,052	1,023	321	1,313	870	1,044	332	246	132	14	-	7,881

* Tourists are not counted.

Composition of Cross-border Travelers
Unit: persons
○ Exchanges of People
● Visits to the GIC

② Number of Tourists to Mt. Geumgang, City of Gaeseong, and Pyongyang

Unit: persons

Number of Tourists to Mt. Geumgang, City of Gaeseong, and Pyongyang
Destination		1998 1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Mt. Geumgang	Sea Route	158,628	213,009	57,879	84,727	38,306	449	-
	Land Route	-	-	-	-	36,028	267,971	298,247
	Total	158,628	213,009	57,879	84,727	74,334	268,420	298,247
City of Gaeseong		-	-	-	-	-	-	1,484
Pyongyang		-	-	-	-	1,019	-	1,280

Number of Tourists to Mt. Geumgang, City of Gaeseong, and Pyongyang
Destination		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Mt. Geumgang	Sea Route	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	552,998
	Land Route	234,446	345,006	199,966	-	-	-	-	1,381,664
	Total	234,446	345,006	199,966	-	-	-	-	1,934,662
City of Gaeseong		1,484	-	7,427	103,122	-	-	-	122,033
Pyongyang		1,280	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,299

③ Number of Vehicles Crossed the Inter-Korean Border

Unit: persons

Number of Vehicles Crossed the Inter-Korean Border
Types		2003 2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Number of Vehicles	West Coast Corridor	32,939	77,395	94,506	143,450	184,072	145,802	166,181	162,848	177,211	1,183,417
	East Coast Corridor	37,358	39,565	29,406	40,053	25,077	2,534	2,140	397	12	176,542
	Total	70,297	116,960	123,912	183,503	209,149	148,336	168,321	163,245	177,223	1,359,959

○ West Coast Corridor
● East Coast Corridor

④ Number of Ships and Planes Crossed the Inter-Korean Border

Unit: times (one way)

Number of Ships and Planes Crossed the Inter-Korean Border
Mode of Transport	1994- 2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Ships	5,472	1,686	1,827	2,022	2,124	4,497	8,401	11,891	7,435	2,577	1,432	142	228	49,734
Planes	43	19	67	112	28	208	88	153	64	11	0	2	-	795

□ Ships
■ Planes

2. Inter-Korean Exchanges and Cooperation

① Amount of Trade by Year

Unit: million dollars

Amount of Trade by Year
Type	1980- 1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	2,111	425	403	642	724	697	1,055
Inbound	2,101	152	176	272	289	258	340
Outbound	635	273	227	370	435	439	715

Amount of Trade by Year
Type	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Total	1,350	1,798	1,820	1,679	1,912	1,714	1,971	18,291
Inbound	520	765	932	934	1,044	914	1,074	9,136
Outbound	830	1,033	888	745	868	800	897	9,155

○ Inbound Trade
● Outbound Trade

② Number of Transactions by Year

Unit: number of cases

Number of Transactions by Year
Type	1989- 1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	24,033	7,394	7,754	8,796	11,209	12,893	21,165
Inbound	11,573	3,952	4,720	5,023	6,356	5,940	9,337
Outbound	12,460	3,442	3,034	3,773	4,853	6,953	1,1828

Number of Transactions by Year
Type	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Total	33,451	51,758	67,445	78,600	84,202	73,918	81,815	564,456
Inbound	16,412	25,027	31,243	37,307	39,800	33,762	36,504	266,956
Outbound	1,7039	2,6731	36,202	41,293	44,402	40,156	45,311	297,500

③ Number of Trade Items by Year

Unit: number of cases

Number of Trade Items by Year
Type	1989- 1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total	2,265	578	549	570	588	634	775
Inbound	998	204	201	204	186	202	381
Outbound	1,571	527	492	493	530	575	712

Number of Trade Items by Year
Type	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Total	757	853	859	822	795	702	731	1,113
Inbound	421	450	482	486	448	363	377	812
Outbound	697	803	813	771	740	676	705	1,096

④ Amount of Inter-Korean Trade by Type

Unit: million dollars

Amount of Inter-Korean Trade by Type
Type		2004- 2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Inbound Trade	General Trade Processing-on- commission Trade	1,019	645	624	499	334	4	1
	Economic Cooperation (Mt. Geumgang and Gaeseong tourism, cooperation in the light industries, and others)	97	120	308	435	710	909	1,073
	Non-commercial Transactions (Government and non-government assistance, social and cultural cooperation, and the light water reactor project)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Inbound Trade in Total	1,118	765	932	934	1,044	914	1,074
Outbound Trade	General Trade Processing-on-commission Trade	305	145	184	167	101	-	-
	Economic Cooperation (Mt. Geumgang and Gaeseong tourism, cooperation in the light industries, and others)	633	520	596	541	744	789	888
	Non-commercial Transactions (Government and non-government assistance, social and cultural cooperation, and the light water reactor project)	1,048	367	108	37	23	11	9
	Outbound Trade in Total	1,984	1032	888	745	868	800	897

3. The Gaeseong Industrial Complex

① Number of Companies Operating in the GIC and Production Volume

Units: number and ten thousand dollars

Number of Companies Operating in the GIC and Production Volume
Type	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Number of Companies	18	30	65	93	117	121	123	123	-
Production Volume	1,491	7,373	18,478	25,142	25,648	32,332	40,185	46,950	197,599

*as of November 2011

② Number of GIC Workers

Unit: persons

Number of GIC Workers
Type	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total	6,520	11,951	23,323	39,986	43,496	47,088	50,642	54,234
North Korean Workers	6,013	11,160	22,538	38,931	42,561	46,284	49,866	53,448
South Korean Workers	507	791	785	1,055	935	804	776	786

*as of November 2011

③ Number of Visits to the GIC

Units: persons/vehicles

Number of Visits to the GIC
Type	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Number of Visitors	40,874	60,999	100,092	152,637	111,830	122,997	114,435	120,119	823,983
Production Vehicles	19,413	29,807	42,399	85,626	72,597	83,566	82,954	82,954	499,311

4. Humanitarian Projects

① Assistance to North Korea

Unit: hundred million won

Assistance to North Korea
Type		1995- 1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total		3,305	2,422	1,757	3,226	3,373	4,230	3,926
Government Assistance and Grants	Grants	2,193	944	913	1,075	1,016	1,211	1,240
	Assistance from Private Funds	-	34	62	65	81	102	120
	Food Loans	-	1,057	-	1,510	1,510	1,359	1,787
	Total	2,611	2,035	975	2,650	2,607	2,672	3,147
Private Assistance and Grants		694	387	782	576	766	1,558	779

Assistance to North Korea
Type		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Total		2,982	4,397	1,163	671	404	196	141	32,193
Government Assistance and Grants	Grants	2,139	1,767	197	217	183	65	23	23,482
	Assistance from Private Funds	134	216	241	77	21	-	-	1,153
	Food Loans	-	1,505	-	-	-	-	-	8,728
	Total	2,273	3,488	438	294	204	65	23	23,482
Private Assistance and Grants		709	909	725	377	200	131	118	8,710

□ Total Amount

② Exchanges of Separated Families

Exchanges of Separated Families
Type		1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
At the Private-level	Confirmations of Fate	-	35	127	132	221	135	104	96	164	377	481	447
	Exchanges of Letters	-	44	193	462	948	584	571	473	772	469	637	984
	Reunions in a Third Country	-	6	11	19	12	11	17	18	61	108	195	148
	Reunions in a Third Country	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(383)
	Reunions in North Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	4
	Reunions in North Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2)	(18)	(9)
At the Government-level	Confirmations of Fate	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	792
	Confirmations of Fate	(72)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(7543)
	Exchanges of Letters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39
	Exchanges of Letters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(39)
	Reunions in South Korea	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	201
	Reunions in South Korea	(81)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(1,720)
	Reunions in North Korea	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	202
	Reunions in North Korea	(76)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(674)
	Video Reunions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Video Reunions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Exchanges of Separated Families
Type		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	total
At the Private-level	Confirmations of Fate	208	198	388	209	276	69	74	50	35	16	3	6	3,851
	Exchanges of Letters	579	935	961	776	843	449	413	228	61	15	21	16	11,434
	Reunions	170	208	283	188	95	54	55	36	23	7	4	3	1,742
	Reunions	(473)	(616)	(677)	(470)	(261)	(105)	(167)	(97)	(51)	(18)	(14)	(6)	(3,387)
At the Government-level	Confirmations of Fate	744	261	963	681	962	1,069	1,196	-	302	302	-	-	7,337
	Confirmations of Fate	(2,670)	(1,635)	(7,091)	(5,007)	(6,957)	(8,314)	(9,121)	-	(2,097)	-	-	-	(53,070)
	Exchanges of Letters	623	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	679
	Exchanges of Letters	(623)	(9)	(8)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(679)
	Reunions in South Korea	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	331
	Reunions in South Korea	(899)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(2,700)
	Reunions in North Korea	100	398	598	400	397	594	388	-	195	-	-	-	3,498
	Reunions in North Korea	(343)	(1,724)	(2,691)	(1,926)	(1,811)	(2,683)	(1,741)	-	(888)	-	-	-	(15,443)
	Video Reunions	-	-	-	-	199	80	278	-	-	-	-	-	557
	Video Reunions	-	-	-	-	(1,323)	(553)	(1,872)	-	-	-	-	-	(3,748)

③ Number of North Korean Refugees Entered the South

Number of North Korean Refugees Entered the South
Gender	-98	99-01	02	03	04	05	06	07
Total	947	1,044	1,143	1,282	1,896	1,382	2,022	2,548
Male	831	565	511	472	624	423	512	571
Female	116	479	632	810	1,272	959	1,510	1,977

Number of North Korean Refugees Entered the South
Gender	08	09	10	11	12	Total
Total	2,804	2,929	2,402	2,706	1,509	24,614
Male	608	671	589	797	402	7,576
Female	2,196	2,258	1,813	1,909	1,107	17,038

* Figures above may be different from the actual numbers because the counts are made at the time when individual refugees were granted government protection while they still remained abroad before entering the ROK.