North Korea Refusing South Korean Workers Entry To Jointly-Run Factory Park: Report

North Korea Reportedly Refusing South Korea Workers Entry To Jointly-Run Factory Park
A South Korean military truck drives past barricades on the road linked to North Korea at a military check point in Paju near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on April 3, 2013. North Korea on April 3 delayed the entry of South Koreans to a joint industrial complex in a rare move amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula, the South's Unification Ministry said. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
A South Korean military truck drives past barricades on the road linked to North Korea at a military check point in Paju near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on April 3, 2013. North Korea on April 3 delayed the entry of South Koreans to a joint industrial complex in a rare move amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula, the South's Unification Ministry said. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

SEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) - North Korean authorities were not allowing any South Korean workers into a joint industrial park on Wednesday, South Korea's Unification Ministry and a Reuters witness said, adding to tensions between the two countries.

A South Korean official said hundreds of South Koreans currently in the Kaesong Industrial zone would be allowed to leave. North Korea had earlier delayed access to the park.

The zone generates $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished North. (Writing by Dean Yates)

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