{{South Korea says Pyongyang has ignored Seoul’s deadline for responding to a demand for talks on a shuttered inter-Korean factory park.}}<\/p>\n
Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said Friday that Seoul is considering countermeasures but refused to discuss what they might be.<\/p>\n
Pyongyang barred South Korean managers and cargo from entering North Korea’s Kaesong factory complex this month and recalled 53,000 North Korean workers. <\/p>\n
Seoul promised unspecified “grave measures” if Pyongyang didn’t respond to its demand for talks by noon Friday (0300GMT).<\/p>\n
Some analysts said Seoul may pull out the roughly 175 South Korean managers who remain at the complex.<\/p>\n
The suspension came amid weeks of North Korean threats aimed at Washington and Seoul over joint military drills and U.N. sanctions meant to penalize Pyongyang over its February nuclear test.<\/p>\n
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