{"id":258228,"date":"2020-06-16T23:27:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T03:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=258228"},"modified":"2020-06-16T23:27:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T03:27:14","slug":"nokor-blows-up-inter-korean-liaison-office-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/06\/16\/nokor-blows-up-inter-korean-liaison-office-report\/","title":{"rendered":"NoKor blows up inter-Korean liaison office: report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier on Tuesday, North Korean military chief threatened to move his forces into demilitarized zones that separate the two countries. (File Photo<\/a> by John Pavelka\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 North Korea attacked and blew up the inter-Korean liaison office along the border, South Korean media reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Smoke was billowing up and bang of an explosion was heard from the border town of Kaesong, where the inter-Korean liaison office is located, according to Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n

The inter-Korean office was blown up at about 2:49 p.m. local time (0549GMT), South Korea’s Unification Ministry said.<\/p>\n

The latest tensions erupt after Pyongyang last Saturday threatened Seoul of military action.<\/p>\n

The tensions were caused particularly by Seoul\u2019s failure to stop anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets from being sent across the border.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, North Korean military chief threatened to move his forces into demilitarized zones that separate the two countries.<\/p>\n

According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said his army is fully ready to go into action.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, had announced she would order the country\u2019s army to plan necessary steps against the \u201cenemy\u201d administration in South Korea.<\/p>\n

She had also warned of collapse of the liaison bureau at the border between the two nations.<\/p>\n

However, South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged North Korea “not to stop the peace journey” between the two countries.<\/p>\n

“The direction the two Koreas should go together is clear. We should not stop the current inter-Korean relations again, which have overcome a longtime severance and the crisis of a war with difficulty,” Moon said.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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