The Inter-Korean Liaison Office is still largely standing (although probably heavily damaged). Looks like a big explosive in the building rather than demolition. Perhaps why the TV images were edited to exclude detonation
A defector group in South Korea cancels plan to send bottles containing rice to North Korea amid heightened tensions (Yonhap)
No direct moves linked to North Korea military threats detected: official
Moon accepts unification minister's resignation: Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon accepts unification minister's resignation: Cheong Wa Dae
3 week agoPHOTOS: North Korea from the Odusan observatory No changes (at least yesterday) at the Guard Posts. They were in pretty much the same state as during 2019 visit. No DPRK flags flying, no loudspeakers (all there prior to April 2018 inter-Korean summit)
3 week agoLooking at the track of this aircraft over South Korea, possible RSKAF E7 AWACS 'Wedgetail' . ADSB hex is 71FC72. 2133z
Local South Korea media are reporting that about 100 NK soldiers were spotted in Kaesong after the destruction of the inter-Korean liaison office
DPRK activity reported near the NLL between the two Korea's
North Korea continues to present an "extraordinary" threat to the region, said a senior US Pentagon official
3 week agoYonhap picture showing North Korea troops taking position in vacant guard posts along the DMZ
A North Korean defector-led group on Thursday prepared hundreds of plastic bottles stuffed with rice which they plan to float into North Korea, despite a legal challenge from South Korean authorities and threats from Pyongyang (Reuters)
The South Korean National Security members met today & discussed the situation with North Korea and South Korean military posture (Yonhap)
North Korea appears to have dispatched soldiers to some empty guard posts at the Demilitarized Zone
North Korea paper warns next step could go 'far beyond imagination'
3 week agoJapan have deployed PAC-3 missile interceptors on the premises of their Ministry of Defense in Tokyo. via @KosukeGoto2013
The U.S have extended sanctions on North Korea for 1 year
Russia calls on Seoul and Pyongyang for restraint and maximum responsibility - Lavrov
North Korea will pay price if it takes actual military action: defense ministry
Yonhap: South Korea unification minister offers to resign, citing deterioration in inter-Korean relations
South Korea says it will no longer accept "unreasonable behavior" by North Korea
S.Korea in "close communication" with the United States, China, and other major countries over tensions caused by N.Korea's demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office according to the ROK's Foreign Ministry. (Yonhap)
3 week agoThese photos from North Korean state media show the inter-Korean liaison office blowing up yesterday at ~2:50 p.m. Now, North Korea said it plans to redeploy troops to previously-demilitarized areas
3 week agoKCNA added +2 articles in Korean: 1. 께끈한것들과는 더는 마주앉을 일이 없을것이다-장금철 / No more face-to-face with the awful ones-Jang Kum Chol 2. 철면피한 감언리설을 듣자니 역스럽다-김여정 / It's disgusting to hear impudent sentimentalities-Kim Yo Jong
3 week agoNorth Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun leads with the demolition of Kaesong Liaison Office at the top of page two
3 week agoNorth Korean state media also released pictures of the Kaesong Inter-Korean liaison office
KCNA released a whopping 6 announcements this morning: - KPA outlines its plan to re-enter demilitarized areas and resume border exercises - Kim Yo Jong turns down the "tactless and sinister proposal" of sending SK special envoys - demolition recap: "we will set the intensity"
U.S. urges North Korea to refrain from 'counterproductive actions'
U.S. in close coordination with South Korea after North Korea destruction of liaison office: official
"We are aware that North Korea destroyed the liaison office in Kaesong and remain in close coordination with our Republic of Korea allies," a senior administration official tells @VOANews
