N Korea To Halt Work At Joint Industrial Zone -- Al Jazeera
Pyongyang to pull all 53,000 workers and temporarily shut Kaesong complex, as Seoul backtracks on nuclear test report.
North Korea has announced it would pull all its 53,000 workers out the Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea and temporarily shut the complex down.
"We will pull out all our workers from the Kaesong Industrial Complex," Kim Yang Gon, a senior ruling party official said in a statement on Monday carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
At the same time, Pyongyang "will temporarily suspend the operations in the zone and examine the issue of whether it will allow its existence or close it", Kim added.
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More News On North Korea Suspending All Joint Industrial Work With South Korea
North Korea says it's pulling workers out of joint industrial zone -- CNN
North Korea suspends Kaesong operations and withdraws 50,000 staff -- The Guardian
Pyongyang Suspends Kaesong Operations -- Wall Street Journal
In slap at South, NKorea suspends work at factory -- AP
N. Korea Recalling Workers from Jointly Run Factory -- Time/AP
North Korea suspends last major project with South Korea -- Christian Science Monitor
My Comment: This is a very worrisome development. This tells me one of two things .... North Korea is about to enter a period of isolation .... or .... it is actually preparing for war.
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