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| Norks Send More Workers to Kaesong Industrial Park | |
| 2009-07-15 | |
Despite its continuing threat to the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex, North Korea has increased the number of workers it has sent to the industrial park.
A South Korean businessman at the industrial park said, "North Korean authorities sent about 700 new workers last month to South Korean businesses that had recently moved there." Cho Bong-Hyun, a North Korea analyst with the Industrial Bank of Korea, speculated that the North increased the number of workers so it could then say it complied with South Korean requests and let the South take responsibility for the closure of the industrial park because it has not complied with its demands for wage increases. South Korean businesses that recently moved into the Keasong complex still suffer a lack of manpower. But some others have had to cut staff as they are receiving fewer orders. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |