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North Korea destroys Inter Korean liaison office building
North Korea blew up and destroyed an inter-korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong on Tuesday.
South Korean media reported that an explosion was heard and smoke could be seen over Kaesong, and the South Unification Ministry said that the liaison office has been destroyed.
It comes after the North ramped up its threats to the South, saying its army was ready to enter the demilitarized zone in state media earlier on Tuesday.
Pyonyang said it was ready to take action if groups of North Korean defectors continue to send propaganda and food over the border from the South.
The Korean People’s Army was quoted saying it had been studying an action plan to re-enter zones that had been demilitarized since the 1950s and “turn the front line into a fortress.”
The escalation followed a warning made in a statement on Saturday by Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s younger sister,
for the military to make preparations for an unspecified next action.
The inter-korean liaison office was established in 2018 as part of a series of projects aimed at reducing tensions between the two Koreas.
The office has been closed since January over coronavirus fears. Several defector-led groups have regularly sent back fliers, together with food, $1 bills, and usb sticks containing South Korean dramas and news critical of leader Kim Jong Un, including human-rights abuses.
Usually, they’re flown over the border by balloon or sent in bottles by sea.
Seoul has tried to stop the groups in the past and last week vowed to take action against the groups. It argues that actions fuel tensions between the two sides, poses risks to those living near the border, and causes environmental damage.
Meanwhile, the south’s president, Moon Jae-in, has urged Pyongyang to keep the peace agreements he reached with Kim in 2018 and return to dialogue.
Last week, Pyongyang severed inter-korean hotlines and threatened to close a liaison office between the two governments.
The defector-led groups had earlier said they will push ahead with their campaign this week.
Video courtesy of The Washington Post.
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North Korea destroys Inter Korean liaison office building
North Korea blew up and destroyed an inter-korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong on Tuesday.
South Korean media reported that an explosion was heard and smoke could be seen over Kaesong, and the South Unification Ministry said that the liaison office has been destroyed.
It comes after the North ramped up its threats to the South, saying its army was ready to enter the demilitarized zone in state media earlier on Tuesday.
Pyonyang said it was ready to take action if groups of North Korean defectors continue to send propaganda and food over the border from the South.
The Korean People’s Army was quoted saying it had been studying an action plan to re-enter zones that had been demilitarized since the 1950s and “turn the front line into a fortress.”
The escalation followed a warning made in a statement on Saturday by Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un’s younger sister,
for the military to make preparations for an unspecified next action.
The inter-korean liaison office was established in 2018 as part of a series of projects aimed at reducing tensions between the two Koreas.
The office has been closed since January over coronavirus fears. Several defector-led groups have regularly sent back fliers, together with food, $1 bills, and usb sticks containing South Korean dramas and news critical of leader Kim Jong Un, including human-rights abuses.
Usually, they’re flown over the border by balloon or sent in bottles by sea.
Seoul has tried to stop the groups in the past and last week vowed to take action against the groups. It argues that actions fuel tensions between the two sides, poses risks to those living near the border, and causes environmental damage.
Meanwhile, the south’s president, Moon Jae-in, has urged Pyongyang to keep the peace agreements he reached with Kim in 2018 and return to dialogue.
Last week, Pyongyang severed inter-korean hotlines and threatened to close a liaison office between the two governments.
The defector-led groups had earlier said they will push ahead with their campaign this week.
Video courtesy of The Washington Post.
Music: All This - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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