Clouds of smoke could be seen on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, after Pyongyang blew up an office created to bring the two sides together
The liaison office in Kaesong - a gleaming blue-glass four-storey structure in an otherwise drab industrial city - was “ruined with a terrific explosion,” North Korea’s state news agency KCNA said.
The U.S. State Department did not immediately comment, but announced that Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, the top U.S. official dealing with North Korea, would travel with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Hawaii on Tuesday.U.S. says in 'close coordination' with South Korea after North Korea destroys liaison officeSources said Pompeo will hold talks with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii on Wednesday on issues including North Korea.
The destruction of the building “broke the expectations of all people who hope for the development of inter-Korean relations and lasting peace on the peninsula”, deputy national security advisor Kim You-geun told a briefing. Russia said it was concerned about the situation on the Korean peninsula and called for restraint from all sides.
Tensions have been rising over recent days with North Korea threatening to cut ties and retaliate over the propaganda leaflets, which carry messages critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un including on human rights. South Korea spent at least 9.78 billion won in 2018 to renovate the building. When it was operating, South Koreans worked on the second floor and North Koreans on the fourth floor. The third floor held conference rooms for meetings between the two sides.
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