North Korea liaison office Kaesong explosion demolish DMZ
SEOUL — North Korea on Tuesday blew up the joint liaison office it operated with South Korea, Seoul officials said, following through on a threat the Pyongyang regime issued days earlier as military tensions ramp up on the peninsula.The liaison office in the North Korean border city of Kaesong — opened in 2018 in the hopes of improving coordination between the two sides — was demolished shortly before 3 p.m. local time, the South’s Unification Ministry said.
The destruction of the liaison office marks a sharp escalation from Pyongyang, which has sounded an increasingly shrill tone toward South Korea in recent weeks. South Korea on Tuesday reinforced its military preparedness and surveillance following the North’s move, the semiofficial Yonhap News Agency reported.
“Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen,” said Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Yo Jong has been taking an increasingly high-profile role in the regime this year, leading to speculation among political analysts that she is being groomed to take over from her brother one day.
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