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"It remains unclear whether the North intends to force the shutdown of Kaesong through its demands, or whether the cloistered nation is merely seeking more money as the United Nations pursues tighter economic sanctions after the North’s April 5 rocket launching. North Korea’s leaders have also grown wary of capitalist influence spreading to the rest of their tightly controlled society from Kaesong. [...]
Earlier Friday, South Korea proposed talks for next week to discuss the fate of a South Korean worker detained in Kaesong on charges of denouncing the Communist government. During a brief discussion last month, North Korea refused to talk about the condition of the man, who has been held since March 30 without access to South Korean officials.
The North instead began demanding higher wages for 39,000 North Korean workers at Kaesong, who are now earning about $75 a month.
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