North Korean Destroys Inter-Korean Liason Office in Kaesong: Yonhap
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North Korea has been ratcheting up tensions with the South in recent weeks and has threatened to deploy the military to the border region.
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office in its city of Kaesong, Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday, citing a South Korean military source.
Pyongyang has repeatedly issued threats against South Korea in recent days, including a warning that it would destroy the office.
The office, built in 2018, was near the border with South Korea. The city is often used to host inter-Korean meetings.
"North Korea blows up Kaesong Liaison Office at 14:49," the office of the spokesman for the ministry, which handles inter-Korean relations, said.
Its destruction came after Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said over the weekend, "Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen."
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