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Urgent: DPRK expels all South Koreans in Kaesong Industrial Zone

Xinhua, February 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced on Thursday that it is expelling all South Koreans in the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) and closing the joint-run complex.

The DPRK "will expel all persons of the south side in the KIZ till 5 p.m., Feb. 11, 2016," the official news agency KCNA reported, citing a statement released by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK). Endi