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A measure addressed in response to the NK's attack on Cheonanham(Cheonan Naval Vessel), which prohibits further economic relations between North and South Koreas.

Background
After the sinking of Cheonan, a Republic of Korea Navy ship on 26 March 2010, a South Korea-led official investigation concluded that the ship had been sunk by North Korea using a torpedo.

5∙24 measure was announced in response to the sinking of Cheonan, on May 24th of the same year by the ROK President Lee Myong-bak.

The measure is intended to properly address the responsibility of North Korean on account of the sinking and to normalize the relationship between South and North Koreas. Sometimes the 5∙24 measure is referred to as 'Cheonan-related Measures on North Korea.'

Contents of the Measure
The main contents of the measure are: disapproval of visitations by South Koreans to North Korea halting of all North-South trades prohibition of expansion in terms of business by South Koreans no NK halting of all aid-projects to NK prohibition of NK ships sailing in ROK waters As a result, all businesses in Kaesong Industrial Complex stopped and no economic relation between North and South was allowed.

Implications
New Politics Democratic Party--a party in opposition to President Park Geunhye--is arguing that 5∙24 measure is preventing the NK-SK relation from progressing. Also, in relation to President's 'Korean Peninsula Trust Process', 'Eurasia Initiative', 'DMZ World Peace Park', and Dresden Declaration, it can be argued that 5∙24 measure does not go along with the recent pro-NK announcements made by the ROK government.