North Korea has blown up the inter-Korean liaison office in their city of Gaesong just above the North-South border and the destruction was forewarned as part of Pyongyang’s series of threats to escalate tensions
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“[The] South Korean government did show strong willingness to restrict these leaflets sent by North Korean defectors in the South. But North Korea is adamant to bring inter-Korean relations back to the hostile era and seems to conclude that there’s nothing more to expect from South Korean President Moon Jae-in,” Cheong Seong Chang, Director of Center for North Korean Studies at The Sejong Institute in Seoul, told ABC News.
Pyongyang has continuously displayed anger and disappointment over the deadlocked nuclear negotiations. Analysts say this is part of a carefully choreographed staged plan to attract international attention back to nuclear issues as North Korea is running out of time to reach a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump who faces presidential elections in November.
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