Former workers and businesspersons from the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) will file a joint lawsuit against the South Korean government in early June over financial losses they have suffered since Seoul’s decision to close the KIC in February.

Their decision to sue the government came on the 100th day since the KIC closure and just before Seoul’s announcement of a forthcoming plan to recuperate the financial losses of KIC workers.

“The sign up for the lawsuit started yesterday, and when I went to check it, about 50 to 70 former KIC workers had already signed up,” a former worker told