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North Korea Boots Officials from S. Korea

Relations sour as South demands an end to nuclear program

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 27, 2008 1:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – South Korean officials left North Korea this morning, after receiving their eviction notice from Pyongyang. Relations have soured between the Koreas since the South demanded the North cease its nuclear activities, but the South said it was “undaunted” by the expulsion of its men. “We will deal with this issue in a pragmatic way,” said a government spokesman, without elaborating.

At stake is the burgeoning economic relationship between the two nations. South Korean companies employ 23,000 North Koreans at a complex in Kaesong, for example. So far those facilities haven’t been caught up in the row, but the South has banned all further economic cooperation until Korea cooperates on its nukes. “Time and patience is running out,” said South Korea’s foreign minister.

South Korean employees wearing North Korean costumes wait customers during the goods fairs from Kaesong joint industrial complex in Seoul, Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo)

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak salutes during the 64th graduation ceremony of the South Korean military academy in this March 11, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo)

A South Korean man walks past a Kaesong Industrial District Foundation logo, at their office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo)

South Korean employees wearing North Korean costumes show clothes, products from Kaesong, during the goods fairs from Kaesong joint industrial complex in Seoul, Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo)

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