Seoul’s unification ministry slammed North Korea on Monday for allegedly using South Korean assets in the North without permission, including a bus at the once jointly run Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC).

The statement came after DPRK state television aired footage on July 3 of a bus in the border city of Kaesong, which the ministry said appears to have been a South Korean vehicle.

“It was spotted on a North Korean broadcast last week that the city of Kaesong is illicitly operating what is presumed to be a KIC commuter bus,” said ministry spokesperson Cho Joong-hoon. “North Korea also has