Seoul: North Korea withdrew staff from liaison office
Posted Mar 22, 2019 04:43:34 AM.
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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea says North Korea has withdrawn its staff from an inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea.
The development came after the second U.S.-North Korea summit talks in Vietnam last month collapsed due to disputes over U.S.-led sanctions on the country.
Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Friday that North Korea informed South Korea of its decision during a contact at the liaison office at the North Korean border town of Kaesong.
The ministry calls the North’s decision “regrettable.”
It says the North didn’t give a specific reason for its move.
The liaison office opened last September as part of a flurry of reconciliation steps.
The Associated Press
