Since last week the North has issued a series of vitriolic denunciations of the South over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border – something defectors do on a regular basis. Calls by the South to the North on the hotlines went unanswered on Tuesday morning, officials in Seoul said. "We have reached a conclusion that there is no need to sit face to face with the South Korean authorities and there is no issue to discuss with them." TECHNICALLY AT WAR"It is trying to shake South Korea's policy towards the North," he said. "They are starting with South Korea and the hard-line stance will expand to the US."

Source: Daily Nation June 09, 2020 03:04 UTC