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The bus used by our companies at the
Kaesong Industrial Complex was spotted in Pyongyang. The bus is clearly our property, but this is not the first time that North Korea has used it without permission.

This is a report by Ahn Jong-sik, a North Korean reporter.

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These are the photos published today (5th) on page 6 of the Nodong Newspaper.

Pictures of Pyongyang in bloom are shown, and a blue bus is captured in one photo.

It is similar to the buses that our companies used to commute to and from North Korean workers before the closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

The Ministry of Unification is reportedly judging this blue bus to be the bus used by the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

The KIC bus is an asset to our side.

This is not the first time North Korea has used the Kaesong Industrial Complex bus without permission.

In July last year, North Korea's Korean Central Television reported on the high temperature phenomenon in various places and reported the situation in Kaesong,

[Korean Central TV (July 7 last year): In Kaesong, the maximum temperature as of 7 o'clock is 3 degrees.]

Even at this time, an industrial park bus that was being used in Kaesong city was spotted.

More than 15 commuter buses operated at the Kaesong Industrial Complex, and it appears that North Korea has extended its unauthorized use from downtown Kaesong to Pyongyang.

The Ministry of Unification believes that some of our factories in the Kaesong Industrial Complex are also being operated by North Korea without permission.

The Ministry of Unification called North Korea's actions a clear violation of the North-South agreement and an unlawful infringement on our property rights, and called for an immediate halt.

(Video editing by Chae Chul-ho)