| April
1 | - North Korea holds the 7th
session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly
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| April 3 |
- North Korea blocks exits from Gaeseong Industrial
Complex (only entry is allowed).
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| April 4 | - Spokesperson to
North Korea’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of
the Fatherland responds to a journalist with the Central
Korean News Agency
- “If South Korea’s conservative
media continues to babble on and blurt out ridiculous
comments, we will remove all workers from the Complex.”
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| April 5 | - North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs advises members of the diplomatic corps and
international organizations stationed in Pyongyang to leave
the country by April 10
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| April 8 | - Secretary to the
Workers’ Party Kim Yang Geon issues a statement on “Serious
measures taken in regards to the incident at Gaeseong
Industrial Complex.”
- “All employees at the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex to be withdrawn”
- “A possible
suspension or shutdown of Gaeseong Industrial Complex to be
reviewed”
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| April 9 |
- North Korean spokesperson to Asia
Pacific Matters issues a statement
- “All foreigners
in South Korea should prepare measures for evacuation.”
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| April 11 | - Statement by South Korea’s Minister of
Unification
- “The normalization of Gaeseong Industrial
Complex is an issue that should be resolved through
dialogue. We invite North Korea to come out to a forum for
dialogue.”
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| April 13 |
- Joint Statement issued following a
meeting between South Korea’s Minister for Foreign Affairs
and US Secretary of State
- “If North Korea makes the
right choice, we are ready to deliver on the promises made
under the September 19 Joint Communiqu？.”
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| April 16 | - Final
notice from North Korea’s Supreme Command
- “If South
Korea truthfully wants dialogue and negotiation, it should
apologize for its hostile acts against North Korea and act
on its willingness to stop all such acts.”
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| April 25 |
- Spokesperson to South Korea’s Ministry of Unification
issues a statement
- “We officially suggest to our
North Korean counterpart that working-level meetings be held
in order to resolve the issue of workers in Gaeseong
Industrial Complex from a humanitarian perspective and
normalize activities at the Complex.”
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| April 26 | - The ROK
government issues a statement
- “The ROK government,
in order to protect our citizens, has made the inevitable
decision to bring back all remaining personnel.”
- “Efforts will be made government-wide to ensure a
resumption of normal corporate activity for enterprises
located in the Complex.”
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| April 27 | - Response from
the spokesperson to North Korea’s Central Bureau for
Development of Special Zones
- “The entire
responsibility for having Gaeseong Industrial Complex shut
down will be borne by South Korea.”
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