韓朝就滯留人員撤離開車的談判取得進展
South Korea says it is making progress with the North on allowing the return of its workers who remain at a suspended joint industrial zone just north of the border.
But the South's Unification Ministry says more time is needed to resolve issues such as unpaid taxes and wages before the seven remaining South Koreans can leave the Kaesong industrial complex.
The last-minute dispute prevented the workers from leaving along with the last 43 South Koreans who returned home Monday. If they leave, it would break the final peaceful link between the two foes.
North Korea pulled its 53,000 workers and blocked South Korean entry to the facility last month, as part of its angry reaction to expanded United Nations sanctions against its latest nuclear test.韓國說，與朝鮮就允許仍滯留在停頓狀態的開城工業園區韓國人員撤離的磋商正取得進展。
但是韓國統一部說，在最後滯留的7名韓國人能離開開城工業園區之前，需要更多的時間解決未支付的稅款和工資。
雙方最後一刻的爭議使這7名員工無法同最後一批43名韓國人於星期一一起返回韓國。如果這些韓國人撤離，將打破朝鮮半島敵對雙方最後的和平聯繫。
上個月，朝鮮撤走其5萬3千名工人，並阻止韓國人進入園區。這是朝鮮對聯合國制裁其最近的一次核試驗做出的憤怒反應的一部分。
