SEOUL — Kaesong Industrial Complex companies are facing arrears over wages for North Korean workers in the complex as the inter-Korean standoff regarding the pay raise issue continues.

Though the payday for Kaesong workers began April 10, none of the companies paid the wages due to the unsettled pay raise issue between Pyongyang and Seoul. North Korea earlier this year unilaterally raised the minimum wage for Kaesong employees by 5 percent without consulting the South, which Seoul has insisted is unacceptable.

“None of the companies are known to have paid the wages and there is no specific response