Operated by South Korean company Hyundai Asan, the resort in North Korea's southeast was closed after a South Korean tourist who wandered off the grounds was shot by a North Korean soldier 2008.

WSJ: Last Workers Pull Out of Kaesong Plant as North-South Korea Ties Fray

Operated by South Korean company Hyundai Asan, the resort in the country's southeast was closed after a South Korean tourist who wandered off the grounds was shot by a North Korean soldier 2008.

WSJ: Seoul to Pull Workers out of North Korea

New South Wales, a state in southeast Australia, was founded by the British as a penal colony in 1788.

BBC: Australia��s penal colony roots

Child soldiers have been used by armed groups in recent and ongoing conflicts in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South America.

FORBES: For Child Soldiers, Every Day Is A Living Nightmare

And, of course, in the south and southeast, or the heartland of the Taliban, voters could have been put off by fear of reprisals.

NPR: Afghanistan Officials Call Election a Success