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Fri, July 3, 2020 | 08:25

North Korea to redeploy troops to Kaesong, Mount Kumgang areas, rejects Seoul's offer for envoys

North Korea to redeploy troops to Kaesong, Mount Kumgang areas, rejects Seoul's offer for envoys

North Korea said Wednesday it will redeploy troops to two inter-Korean business zones near the border and reinstall border guard posts removed under a tension reduction deal, further heightening tensions a day after blowing up a joint liaison office.

2020-06-17 09:45

Kim Yo-jong: North Korean leader's increasingly powerful sister

Kim Yo-jong: North Korean leader's increasingly powerful sister

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister warned at the weekend that a Korean liaison office would soon be seen "completely collapsed". On Tuesday, Pyongyang reduced it to rubble. Kim Yo Jong is one of her brother's most trusted advisers and among the most powerful women in the isolated regime, but her public profile is mounting rapidly and she has been mooted as a potential s...

2020-06-16 21:42

North Korea blows up liaison office

The two Koreas: 70 years of danger and detente

The two Koreas: 70 years of danger and detente

North and South Korea are still technically at war. Here are some key moments in the decades-long standoff between them, after Pyongyang on Tuesday blew up its liaison office with the South:

2020-06-16 21:36

North Korea blows up liaison office

Kremlin calls for 'restraint' amid North Korea escalation

Kremlin calls for 'restraint' amid North Korea escalation

The Kremlin on Tuesday called for restraint following a sharp escalation in tensions after North Korea blew up a liaison office near its border with South Korea. "This is a concern, we urge all parties to show restraint," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Russia would be closely monitoring the situation.

2020-06-16 21:31

North Korea blows up liaison office

Defense ministry vows 'strong' response to any provocative action by North Korea

Defense ministry vows 'strong' response to any provocative action by North Korea

South Korea will strongly respond to any provocative military action by North Korea, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the North's surprise demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office.

2020-06-16 21:23

Cheong Wa Dae says it will 'strongly respond' if North further worsens situation

Cheong Wa Dae says it will 'strongly respond' if North further worsens situation

Cheong Wa Dae says it will 'strongly respond' if North further worsens situation

Hours after North Korea demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in its border town of Kaesong in a surprise provocation Tuesday, South Korea warned of a strong response if the North further worsens the situation. Cheong Wa Dae made the unusually strong warning after holding an emergency meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) standing committee to discuss the matter.

2020-06-16 21:15

Defense ministry vows 'strong' response to any provocative action by North Korea

North Korea blows up liaison office

North Korea blows up liaison office

North Korea blew up the inter-Korean liaison office in Gaeseong, Tuesday afternoon, following through on an earlier threat to do so. The Ministry of Unification confirmed that the North had blown up the office at 2:49 p.m. following reports of an explosion and smoke from the Gaeseong Industrial Complex (GIC). The office, set up in September 2018, was one outcome of the Panmun...

2020-06-16 18:13

Moon convenes top security meeting to discuss North Korea's demolition of liaison office

Moon convenes top security meeting to discuss North Korea's demolition of liaison office

President Moon Jae-in convened an emergency meeting of top security officials Tuesday, hours after North Korea demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in its border town of Kaesong. The National Security Council meeting was set to open at 5 p.m.

2020-06-16 17:22

Unification minister says explosion of liaison office was expected

Unification minister says explosion of liaison office was expected

Unification minister says explosion of liaison office was expected

South Korea's unification minister said Tuesday that North Korea's detonation of the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong was already preannounced by the North and Seoul would need more details to assess the situation. Appearing in a session of the parliamentary standing committee on foreign affairs and unification, Minister Kim Yeon-chul said, "It is something partly prean...

2020-06-16 16:51

Moon convenes top security meeting to discuss North Korea's demolition of liaison office

China says it hopes for peace and stability on Korean peninsula

China says it hopes for peace and stability on Korean peninsula

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Beijing hopes for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, amid escalating tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang.

2020-06-16 16:28

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