South Korea says it will suspend operations at a factory park just north of the inter-Korean border, run jointly with North Korea, following the North's long-range rocket launch.
South Korean Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo told a media briefing on Wednesday (local time) that Seoul had notified Pyongyang of its plan to suspend operations at Kaesong, the last remaining project of economic cooperation between the two Koreas, and would take necessary measures for the safe return of South Korean nationals there.
Hong said suspending operations was "to stop funds for the Kaesong Industrial Complex from being used for North Korea's development of missile and nuclear weapons programs".
Reuters
