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DPRK tightens border restrictions

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-02-2008 10:30

The DPRK has begun restricting traffic through two checkpoints on its border with South Korea.

The move comes in response to what the DPRK says are Seoul's hard-line policies toward Pyongyang.

The DPRK has begun restricting traffic through two checkpoints on its border with South Korea.(CCTV.com)
The DPRK has begun restricting traffic through two
checkpoints on its border with South Korea.(CCTV.com)

The restrictions have forced the suspension of two landmark reconciliation projects - a cross-border train service and tours to the DPRK's historic border city of Kaesong.

South Korea's Unification Ministry says the DPRK has also ordered a sharp cut in the number of South Koreans permitted to work and stay at a joint industrial complex in Kaesong.

The cutback is expected to affect 88 South Korean companies running factories in Kaesong, which employ more than a quarter of a million DPRK citizens.

 

Editor:Zhang Pengfei