North Korea is set to sever all hotlines with its neighbour South Korea as a part of the first step towards cutting-off all contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA has reported. North Korea also declared that this was one in a series of actions, describing South Korea as "the enemy". It was only last week when Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, publicly threatened South Korea of closing the office unless they stopped defector groups from sending leaflets into North Korea. The two neighbouring countries had set up the liaison office to reduce tensions after talks back in 2018. Both North and South Korea are still technically at war as no peace agreement was reached between the nations when the Korean War ended in 1953.

Source: dna June 09, 2020 05:48 UTC