SK to Bring KIC Workers Home

Speaking moments ago, South Korean Minister of Unification Ryoo Kihl Jae revealed that those workers remaining in the Kaesong Industrial Complex will be asked to withdraw.

Ryoo told a press conference moments ago, “The difficulties of our nationals residing in the Kaesong Industrial Complex are being made worse by North Korea’s unjustified measure; therefore, the government has made an unavoidable decision, that for the protection of our citizens all residing personnel will be brought home.”

Christopher Green is a researcher in Korean Studies based at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Chris has published widely on North Korean political messaging strategies, contemporary South Korean broadcast media, and the socio-politics of Korean peninsula migration. He is the former Manager of International Affairs for Daily NK. His X handle is: @Dest_Pyongyang.