South Korea Pulls Out of North

South Korea's unification ministry says officials will leave an industrial enclave in North Korea on Friday. This is in preparation of the North's plans to close their armed border next Monday.
North Korea said on November 24th that it would be expelling South Korean officials and some business managers from the Kaesong factory park on Dec. 1 and clamp down on border crossing. This is in anger at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's policy to get tough on Pyongyang.

The Kaesong factory park just north of the border and about 70 km from Seoul is the only major economic tie between the two Koreas. Nearly 90 South Korean companies employ more than 33,000 low-wage North Koreans to produce goods such as watches, clothes and kitchen tools.

[Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon]: "Since the North told us to leave, it's not right to resist it, so we're pulling out smoothly since the South and North agreed and the decision is directly connected to our people's safety, which is the
priority."

About 1,600 South Koreans are based in Pyongyang. Many of the managers at the park are expected to remain to keep the factories running.

The border closing comes about a week before North Korea sits down with regional powers who are
pressing it to give up its nuclear arms program in return for massive aid.

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[allgoo19]

Basically, N. Korea is economically killing itself. Only the people get suffered, while leaders never have to worry about the food shortage.

[mypetridish]

i just dont get how they manage to keep up.. they are living of donations from China are they not?

[thebravestpoo]

*enter sexual innuendo here*

[gospelnews123]

@j1992g Isn't Viagra illegal in NC, or do they have state approved versions? lol!!!

[Lightscribe225]

@neoconfectionery What the hell is the north on a woman?

[RedTailedTuna]

@juioplkj1 what?

[neoconfectionery]

I pulled out of your mom's north last night.

[TATARSTAN59500]

3 person like war and anarchy probably yankee

[Klaus1386]

@allgoo19 Obviously look at that fat fuck Kim jong un

[Niven110]

sound like they need to practice better protection (wink)

[CrinkleCutBeatroot]

mmm oh baby creampie