S. Korea Demands North Respond Today on Joint Factory Talks
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South Korea demanded North Korea agree by today to negotiations aimed at re-opening a jointly-run industrial park that has been shuttered for more than two weeks or face reprisals.
North Korea hadn’t responded as of 10:47 a.m. local time to yesterday’s offer by Park Geun Hye’s administration to hold talks on the Gaeseong industrial zone, Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung Suk told reporters in Seoul. The South will wait until noon to take “serious measures” if there is no reply, Kim said, declining to elaborate.