Wednesday, November 12, 2008

North Korea to close border crossing

North Korea , The Worlds Biggest Baby ,Not liking what they see or here from the south , N.K. is shutting its border between the two divided countries!
Whats the point ? it will only harm and further cut off the people of North Korea !
South Korea will be just fine ! This is just one more tantrum from Little Kimmie ,to try and get his way!!

International Herald Tribune
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea said Wednesday that it will stop all land crossings at its border with South Korea beginning next month, effectively suspending operations at a joint industrial complex that is the last major symbol of inter-Korean reconciliation.

The announcement followed repeated warnings from the North that after a decade of reconciliation on the divided peninsula, relations between the two Koreas were deteriorating to a point approaching confrontation, because of the new conservative South Korean government's "anti-North Korean" attitudes.

Beginning Dec. 1, the North Korean military will "restrict and cut off all the overland passage" across the border, said the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency.
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The move will idle tourist buses taking South Koreans to Kaesong, an ancient Korean city just north of the western land border. Kaesong is also the site of a joint industrial zone where South Korean factories employ cheap North Korean labor to produce textiles and kitchen utensils.

North Korea opened Kaesong to South Korean tourists and factories under the previous government in Seoul. It obtains badly needed cash income from tourist fees and factory wages, but by shutting Kaesong down, it can put pressure on Lee Myung-bak, the conservative South Korean president.Since Lee took office in February promising a harder line on North Korea, relations have rapidly chilled. Another tourism project in the North's Diamond Mountain on the eastern frontier was suspended earlier this year.

South Korea called the North's latest threat "regrettable." The Seoul government wants dialogue to discuss peace and cooperation with the North, Kim Ho-nyeon, a government spokesman, said in a statement.

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