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2008/10/27 16:45 KST
N. Korea intensifies control of S. Korean dailies sent to Kaesong

   By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has begun to more harshly censor South Korean newspapers subscribed to by firms operating in the inter-Korean Kaesong industrial complex, apparently to prevent workers there from reading reports on their leader Kim Jong-il's health, officials said Monday.

"The North began to allow South Korean dailies to pass through customs only after cutting out articles critical of the country as of Oct. 20," a Unification Ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity.