North Korea Threatens to Pull 53,000 Workers of Kaesong

                            

SEOUL, KOMPAS.com - strong North Korea, Thursday (04/04/2013), threatening to withdraw 53,000 workers from Kaesong, a joint industrial zone of North Korea with South Korea, and closing complex, a day after the communist state to close access to the South Korean personnel.

A spokesman for the Committee on Peaceful Reunification of Korea (KRDK) North Korea said it was responding to a statement to the Minister of Defence South Korea, Wednesday, that there are contingency plans for "military" to ensure the safety of South Koreans in Kaesong. "If South Korea dolls and the news media continue to demonize conservatives (us), we will tell all our workers to get out of Kaesong," the spokesman was quoted as saying North Korea's official news agency, KCNA . "The closure of the entire complex could become a reality," he added.

Pyongyang told Seoul on Wednesday that it stop the daily movement of South Koreans to Kaesong, the last contact point between the two countries that is still running.

South Korean Unification Ministry on Thursday afternoon (at 03.00 GMT or 10.00 am)) says that there are 812 citizens were in Kaesong, located 10 kilometers inside North Korea. North Korea said the South Koreans in the compound could leave at any time they want. However, hundreds of South Koreans prefer to stay in order to keep their factories continue to run.

When talking to members of parliament from the ruling party in South Korea, Wednesday, Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, assuring them that there contingency plans, "including the possibility of military action," if the South Koreans in Kaesong are under threat.

KRDK spokesman said Kim "was digress" and warned that any military provocation against Complex Kaesong would lead to "self-destruction of enemy forces. "Kaesong was heading to the verge of collapse," he added.

Kaesong industrial zone Founded in 2004 and is an important source of hard currency for North Korea.