NORTH KOREA BLOWS UP INTER-KOREA LIAISON OFFICE

By Lawal Shereef

North Korea says it blew up liaison office  'to force human scum to pay dearly for their crimes'

This came after North Korea issued multiple threats to its sister nation

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building on Tuesday after issuing a series of threats in a major escalation with South Korea as years of diplomatic progress quickly fades away.

Seoul's Unification Ministry said the destruction of the building in the North Korean border town of Kaesong happened at 2:49pm local time (05:49 GMT). South Korean media reported a large explosion was heard and smoke could be seen rising over Kaesong.

Black-and-white surveillance video released by South Korea's defence ministry showed a large blast that appeared to bring down the four-storey structure. The explosion also appeared to cause a partial collapse of a neighbouring 15-storey high-rise that had served as a residential facility for South Korean officials who staffed the liaison office.

The North - which has a long track record of pressuring South Korea when it fails to extract concessions from the United States - has repeatedly bashed the South in recent weeks over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop leafleting by defectors and activists.

Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said the North destroyed the office to "force human scum and those who have sheltered the scum to pay dearly for their crimes" - apparently referring to North Korean defectors who for years have floated anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.

The inter-Korean liaison office was established in 2018 as part of a series of projects aimed at reducing tensions between the two Koreas.

It should be noted that DSNAOAU earlier reported the threats North Korea earlier issued its sister nation; https://dsnaoau.blogspot.com/2020/06/tension-in-koreas-as-north-korea.html

The South Korean defence ministry has however warned of "strong response" to any North Korean military provocations.

Source:al Jazeera,DSNAOAU

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