N. Korea Holds Factory Officials Citing Unpaid Wages

North Korea refused to allow seven South Koreans to leave a shuttered industrial park until a dispute involving unpaid wages and bills is settled, prolonging the dispute over the jointly-run project.

Of the 50 managers remaining at the Gaeseong zone, 43 crossed the border at midnight for the first time in nearly a month, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said in a text message. The North has blocked access since April 3 and South Korean President Park Geun Hye last week decided to pull out.