In an unprecedented move, North Korea asked the heads of South Korean companies operating at the inter-Korean industrial complex in Kaesong to gather for a meeting that was scheduled for earlier in the day.<br />No specifics about the meeting were announced... and the South Korean government asked the company heads.... not to respond to Pyongyang's call.<br />Instead, the South Korean government held a meeting in Seoul this afternoon with most of the leaders of companies from the complex.<br />Seoul discussed possible countermeasures and urged the leaders not to abide by Pyongyang's one-sided demands.<br />Watchers believe the meeting was Pyongyang's way of pressuring the South Korean companies to go along with its unilateral decision... to raise wages for its workers from a little over 70 U.S. dollars... to 74 dollars a month... and revise labor regulations.
