An automated entry system has been established at an inter-Korean cross-border transit office for South Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex. 
 
The Unification Ministry said the installation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) system was completed Wednesday at the Gyeonggi Custom, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) office in the South. 
 
An official said the ministry will test the system for a week and hopes to operate it fully by late this month.
 
The ministry said the system would permit South Korean factory managers to visit the complex and return home at any time on days they are allowed to cross the border. 
 
Currently, Seoul has to fax a list of names a day before South Koreans travel to the North, and they are only allowed to cross the border at a designated time.
 
The Unification Ministry official said Seoul proposed a ceremony to mark the opening of the system but North Korea has not replied.