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SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) -- The following is a chronology of major events leading up to North Korea's suspension of the Kaesong Industrial Complex on April 8.

  
2003

June 3: South and North Korea hold an event to kick off the first-stage of construction of the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

  
2004

Dec. 15: The first batch of goods is produced in the complex.

  
2006

Nov. 21: The number of North Korean workers employed in the zone surpasses the 10,000 mark.

  
2007

Jan. 30: Total production reaches the US$ 100 million mark.

  
2008

June 22: North Korea claims that the South's inability to fulfill previous inter-Korean agreements threatens the fate of the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

  
June 24: North Korea adopts a decision to partly restrict the movement of South Koreans and goods coming out of the park.

  
Oct. 2: North Korea warns that anti-North Korea leaflets spread by South Korean activists will have a negative impact on the Kaesong park.

  
Nov. 12: North Korea says it will shut off cross-border travel through the Military Demarcation Line from Dec. 1.

  
Dec. 1: North Korea cuts the maximum number of South Koreans allowed into the park to 880 and restricts commuting time to and from the park in a so-called Dec. 1 measure.

  
2009

March 9 ~ 20: North Korea carries out three temporary cross-border travel bans during the joint Key Resolve military drill between the South and the U.S.

  
March 30: North Korea opens an investigation on Hyundai Asan employee Yu Seong-jin on charges of criticizing the North Korean political system.

  
May 15: North Korea nullifies inter-Korean agreements regarding the park.

  
June 8: A South Korean garment manufacturer decides to drop out of the park.

  
Aug. 13: North Korea releases Yu after being detained for 136 days.

  
Aug. 17: Hyundai Asan Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun returns from her eight-day visit to the North after agreeing on a five-point pact design to boost the park.

  
Sept. 1: Cross-border travel normalizes as the North lifts its Dec. 1 measure.

  
2010

May 24: The South's government bans new investment into the park in a so-called May 24 measure designed to punish the North for its torpedoing of a South Korean Navy ship.

  
May 27: North Korea's military chief withdraws military pacts regarding inter-Korean cooperation and exchange.

  
Nov. 24: Seoul temporarily prohibits travel to the Kaesong park following the North's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island.

  
2012

October: North Korea unilaterally imposes massive taxes of about US$160,000 on eight South Korean firms operating in the park.

  
2013

March 27: North Korea severs the military hot line with the South, used as a channel for cross-border travel.

  
March 30: North Korea threatens to shut down the park.

  
April 3: North Korea bans South Korean workers from entering the park, only allowing them to leave.

  
April 4: North Korea again threatens to shut down the park.

  
April 7: Three South Korean firms halt operations due to a lack of materials.

  
April 7: The number of South Korean firms suspending operations increases to 13. A South Korean worker is rushed from the park to a South Korean hospital after complaining of a stomach ache.

  
April 8: Kim Yang-gon, a member of the North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, announces the North's decision to withdraw all of its workers from the park and suspend operations there.

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