S. Korea president convenes top security meeting to discuss N. Korea's demolition of liaison office | Inquirer News

S. Korea president convenes top security meeting to discuss N. Korea’s demolition of liaison office

/ 04:29 PM June 16, 2020

President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in (Yonhap)

SEOUL — South Korean 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.

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According to the defense and unification ministries, North Korea blew up the inter-Korean liaison office in its border town of Kaesong at 2:49 p.m.

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The explosion took place three days after Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned that the North will demolish the “useless” communication office in protest of Seoul’s “failure” to stop activists from sending anti-North Korean leaflets to the country. (Yonhap)

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TAGS: Diplomacy, East Asia, Kim Yo-Jong, Moon Jae-In, North Korea, Politics, South korea

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