​​​​​​​North Korea blows up its liaison office with South Korea

According to the South Korean Yonhap news agency, the Unification Ministry said that "North Korea blew up the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong within 2:49 pm," without giving further details.

In its first move, the South Korean army announced an increased alert and monitoring level for North Korea, after the liaison office in Gaeseong was bombed.

The South Korean agency announced earlier today that explosions and smoke were heard in Gaeseong region in North Korea, and quoted a military source as saying that "smoke was detected accompanied by the sound of an explosion from Gaeseong industrial zone this afternoon, indicating that" North Korea is likely to bomb the inter-Korean liaison office in Gaeseong. "

The General Staff of the North Korea Army, announced that it is studying the possibility of deploying forces in the DMZ, indicating that the army will implement "immediately and continuously", any decision and decree of the party and the government, while a source in the South Korean army said that its monitoring has been strengthened. On North Korea, but no unusual moves have yet been discovered.

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ANHA