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South Korea Reports North Korea Blew Up Liaison Office as Tensions in Region Mount

HeadlineJun 16, 2020

A South Korean news agency is reporting North Korea appears to have blown up an inter-Korean liaison office. North Korea had threatened to destroy the office, among other threats to South Korea in recent days. North Korea warned today it is ready to enter the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, reportedly partly in response to defectors in South Korea sending propaganda material to the North.

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