Anchor: The two Koreas failed to reach an agreement on the minimum wage for North Korean workers at the Gaeseong Industrial Complex despite a marathon meeting on Thursday. 
Our Kim Eun-ji has the latest on the ongoing dispute.
 
Report: The inter-Korean committee managing the Gaeseong Industrial Complex held a 13-hour marathon meeting in Gaeseong, North Korea on Thursday. 
 
The two sides, however, walked away without coming to terms on the minimum wage for North Korean workers or other pending issues related to normalizing the management of the complex.
 
The South Korean delegation is said to have conveyed during the meeting that the wage dispute can be resolved by abiding by the previously agreed upon principle of operating the industrial park through consultations.
 
The North, however, is believed to have repeated claims that raising the minimum wage was its sovereign right.
 
In order to normalize operations at the park, the North is also said to have urged South Korea to lift the May 24 sanctions, which were implemented following North Korea's torpedoing of a South Korean naval corvette in 2010. 
 
Head of the South Korean delegation Lee Sang-min from the Unification Ministry said at a news conference following the talks that the North Korean side lacked sincerity.
 
[Soundbite: Lee Sang-min - Director General of Inter-Korean Cooperation District Policy Planning Directorate, Ministry of Unification (Korean)]
"[North Korea] adhered to its previous position on the wage issue and showed insincerity in discussing the constructive normalization of the industrial park such as improving the three Cs ([border] Crossing, Communication and Customs).
 
Vice Director of North Korea's special economic zone development department Pak Chol-su, who represented the North, also expressed dissatisfaction following the meeting, saying the joint committee was unnecessary.
 
Despite proposals from the South Korean delegation to arrange a future meeting, the two sides also failed to agree on a schedule as the North argued it would be meaningless unless the South acquiesced to its wage demands.
Kim Eun-ji, KBS World Radio News.