Pyongyang has accepted an offer from a group of Kaesong businessmen to break the deadlock on wages at the inter-Korean industrial complex, the chairman of the group said Monday.

However, it is as of yet unclear whether South Korea will accept the solution the business group appears to have worked out.

Pyongyang has been demanding that workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex receive an increased minimum wage, raising it from $70.35 a month to $74 without consulting with Seoul. Under the plan, devised by the Association of Kaesong Industrial Complex Companies, businesses would pay wages based on the previous minimum