SEOUL: South Korea accused Pyongyang on Monday of masterminding a work slow-down at the Kaesong joint industrial zone in a bid to push wage-rise demands for the 53,000 North Korean workers employed there.

The Unification Ministry, which is urging the 120 South Korean firms in Kaesong to resist the wage increase, said workers at a number of plants were cutting production and refusing to work extra hours.

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