North Korea will restrict South Koreans who have visited the Middle East or nations hit by Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) from entering the inter-Korean Gaeseong Industrial Complex.
 
Unification Ministry Spokesman Lim Byeong-chul said in a regular news briefing on Monday that the North’s Central Guidance Bureau for Special Zone Development issued the notification in a letter sent last week.
 
Lim said the bureau requested that South Korean workers take precautionary measures and be provided with material regarding the spread of MERS and ways to prevent catching the virus.
 
Lim said because the North is highly conscious of MERS, the South Korean government will keep a close eye on the situation so that no disruptions arise at the complex.
 
Lim said there have not been any reports of suspected MERS cases among North Korean workers at the inter-Korean complex nor have any South Koreans so far been denied access to the park.