South Korea has urged North Korea to immediately halt an unjust work slowdown at the inter-Korean Gaeseong Industrial Complex.
 
During a regular news briefing on Monday, Unification Ministry spokesman Lim Byung-cheol said that some North Korean workers are refusing overtime work or going on a slowdown strike over an ongoing wage dispute at the complex.
 
The spokesman said that the deliberate idleness is caused by the North’s unilateral demand for wage hikes, which he said the South would never accept.
 
He added that the government will seek ways to resolve the issue through discussions with South Korean companies operating in the complex.