North Korea blows up ‘peace’ building
Pyongyang destroys de facto embassy for fostering better ties between North and South
16 June 2020 - 17:42
Seoul — North Korea blew up an office set up to foster better ties with South Korea on Tuesday in a “terrific explosion” after it threatened to take action if defectors went ahead with a campaign to send propaganda leaflets into the North.
North Korea’s KCNA state news agency said the liaison office in the border town of Kaesong, which had been closed since January due to the coronavirus, was “completely ruined”...
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