North Korea has barred border crossings with South Korea for a secondstraight day Saturday, stranding hundreds of people in the North.
Pyongyangbanned border traffic on Friday, preventing more than 400 people whowork at a joint industrial complex at Kaesong from returning South.
Seoul's Unification Ministry says five people were allowed to cross, including four foreigners and a bride-to-be.
Earlierthis week, North Korea switched off military military phones to theSouth to protest annual military exercises being conducted jointly bythe United States and South Korea.
North Korea routinely accusesthe United States and South Korea of having aggressive intentions whenthey carry out the joint military drills.
The maneuvers include a U.S. aircraft carrier, 26,000 U.S. troops and more than 30,000 South Korean soldiers.
The drills are expected to conclude on March 20.