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3 Apr 2013

North Korea pressures South by halting entry to industrial zone

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

A South Korean soldier looks back as journalists talk with a officer at South Korea's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in PajuBy Ju-min Park PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – North Korea on Wednesday closed access to a joint factory zone that earns $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished state but will allow hundreds of South Koreans to return home, officials said, allaying fears they could have been held hostage. Factories in the Kaesong Industrial Park were still believed to be operating, but North Korea's decision to block entry is a further sign of the growing tensions on the Korean peninsula. On Tuesday, Pyongyang said it would restart a mothballed nuclear reactor. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-delays-access-kaesong-industrial-zone-022831400.html