SEOUL : North Korea yesterday blasted South Korea’s “arrogant” attitude after talks on salvaging the jointly –run Kaesong industrial zone collapsed sparking a shoving match between officials from both sides .
The north also accused the South of using “ delaying tactics ” by demanding that Pyongyang take responsibility for the closure of the estate and compensate for financial losses.
“ The North side made every possible effort to prevent the talks from not making any results but the South side persisted in it’s arrogant stand pushing the North s Korean Central News Agency said.
“ the South side can never escape its responsibility for all the aftermaths to be entailed by its move of having pushed the talks to a deadlock.”
“The failure of both sides to set a date for another meeting after a sixth round of another meeting after a sixth round discussions on Thursday on reviving
Keasong was compounded by a pushing match that broke out between North and South offcials.
At the end of the talks, the North’s chief delegate Pak Chol-Su told South Korean reporters that the North’s military may re-occupy the estate unless the two sides work out a solution.
Mr. Pak’s unscheduled news conference sparked a rare shoving match between South and North Korean officials, according to pool reports. AFP