Kaesong Industrial Zone

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  South Korea Says Unclear How Much Kaesong Wages North Korea Used For Weapon Programme

  Seoul admitted Monday it was not clear how much of the wages paid to North Korean workers at a joint industrial zone were used to fund Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development.

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  North Korea Says South's Pulling Out Of Industrial Zone 'Declaration Of War'

  North Korea said it was kicking out all South Koreans from the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone on Thursday, calling the South's move to suspend operations, in retaliation for Sunday's rocket launch by the North, a "declaration of war".

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  North Korea Says To Freeze Assets Of South Korean Firms At Kaesong

  North Korea said on Thursday it was expelling all South Korean workers from the Kaesong industrial zone and freezing the assets of companies operating there, calling the South's decision to suspend operations at the zone a "declaration of war."

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  South Korea to Help North Screen for MERS Carriers

  South Korea said today that it had agreed to a request from North Korea to install thermal-imaging cameras in their Kaesong joint industrial zone to prevent infection from a MERS virus outbreak in the South.

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  UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to Visit Joint Industrial Zone in North Korea

  Ban Ki-moon will become the first UN Secretary General to set foot in North Korea for more than 20 years on Thursday when he visits the Kaesong joint industrial complex just over the border.

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  South Korea Businessmen Demand Early Settlement of Kaesong Wage Row

  South Korean factory owners called today for the early settlement of a damaging wage dispute in the Kaesong joint industrial zone and North Korea gave a positive response, a businessman said.

• Border Blaze Sees Koreas Block Access to Industrial Zone

  South and North Korea blocked access to their Kaesong joint industrial zone today after a fire broke out near a cross-border road and spread across the heavily militarised frontier, officials said.

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  Two Koreas Trade Barbs Over Industrial Park Wage Row

  North and South Korea dug in their heels today in an escalating row over wages at their Kaesong joint industrial zone.

• Hopes fade for revival of joint Korean industrial zone

  North and South Korea will hold fresh talks on Wednesday on reopening their joint industrial zone with low hopes of an early agreement following months of friction.

• North and South Korea agree to reopen joint industrial zone

  North and South Korea today made a crucial step forward in winding down months of high tension, agreeing to reopen a joint industrial zone seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.

• North, South Korea officials start talks on joint industrial zone

  North and South Korea started rare talks on Saturday on re-opening a jointly run industrial zone, seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border reconciliation.

• South Korean firms threaten to leave Kaesong joint zone

  Dozens of South Korean firms on Wednesday threatened to withdraw from a shuttered joint industrial zone in North Korea, complaining they fell victim to political bickering between the two Koreas.

• North Korea ignored overture on Kaesong industrial zone: South Korea

  North Korea has ignored a plea by South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone for talks on its future, an official in Seoul, amid fears of a permanent closure.

• Last South Korean workers to leave joint factory zone

  South Korea was due on Monday to pull out its last remaining workers from a factory zone in North Korea -- a rare symbol of cross-border cooperation now crippled by the stand-off on the Korean peninsula.

• South Korean workers quit troubled joint factory zone

  Dozens of South Korean workers returned from a jointly run factory park in North Korea on Saturday as part of an evacuation of the flagship project following months of military tensions.