Seoul rules out closing DPRK inter-Korean complex

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-18-2009 16:36

South Korea's Unification Minister says his government will not consider closing the inter-Korean industrial complex in the DPRK border city, Kaesong.

South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In-taek speaks at a meeting with the media in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 18, 2009.(AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

Hyun In-taek's statement comes a day after the DPRK re-opened the border on Tuesday. Pyongyang had closed it on Friday in protest at the joint South Korea-US military exercises.

South Korea has warned that it will respond with decisive action if Pyongyang again blocks access to the complex.

The Unification Ministry says over a hundred South Korean firms were operating in the Kaesong complex by the end of January.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei