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North Korea blows up joint liaison office with South in Kaesong - Published North Korea has blown up a joint liaison office with the South near the North's border town of Kaesong. The move comes just hours after the North renewed threats of military action at the Korean border. The site was opened in 2018 to help the Koreas - officially in a state of war - to communicate. It had been empty since January due to Covid-19 restrictions. In a statement, South Korea warned it would "respond strongly" if the North "continues to worsen the situation". The destruction of the office, it said, "abandons the hopes of everyone who wanted the development of inter-Korean relations and peace settlement in the Korean Peninsula". "The government makes it clear that all responsibility of this situation lies in the North." Russia expressed concern at the renewed tensions between the Koreas. "We call for restraint from all the sides," Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday. Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying the Trump administration remained "in close co-ordination with our Republic of Korea (South Korea) allies". Tensions between North and South Korea have been escalating for weeks, prompted by defector groups in the South sending propaganda across the border. The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo-jong - considered a close and powerful ally - threatened at the weekend to demolish the office. Her brother, Kim Jong-un, has ruled North Korea as Supreme Leader since 2011. There were hopes for improved relations between the North and the South and its close ally the US after Donald Trump met Mr Kim at the North-South border last June, but nothing materialised and the atmosphere has since deteriorated. North Korea is under crippling US and UN economic sanctions over its militarised nuclear programme. Washington has not yet commented on the North's latest action. Pyongyang has blamed the escalation on Seoul's inability to prevent defectors from flying anti-regime propaganda over the border. But it is likely that this is just being used as an excuse. The leafleting gives a "cause" for North Koreans to rally around. It was notable that once again, in the aftermath of the explosion, state media made reference to "human scum" - their description of North Korean defectors in the South. Kim Jong-un has failed to bring economic prosperity to his people and strict international sanctions remain in place. There are also persistent rumours that Covid-19 has affected rural parts of the country. Giving North Koreans a mutual enemy may help focus their attention elsewhere. Pyongyang is also angry at Seoul for not challenging Washington's insistence that strict sanctions should remain in place and for not pursuing inter-Korean projects which would have breached both UN and US sanctions. It feels as if North Korea could be punishing the South and with the aim of using the tension as leverage in future talks. Whatever the reason, this is a real slap in the face for a South Korean administration that pushed so hard for engagement. In recent weeks, North Korea has repeatedly condemned the South for allowing propaganda into its territory. Defector groups regularly send such material via balloons, or even drones, into the North. Last Tuesday, Pyongyang announced it was severing official communication links with Seoul, and over the weekend Kim Yo-jong threatened to send troops into the demilitarised zone (DMZ) at the inter-Korean border. North and South Korea are technically still at war because no peace agreement was reached when the Korean War ended in 1953. What is the Kaesong liaison office? The border town of Kaesong has for years been a symbol of the fragile relationship between North and South Korea. In 2003, it sprung to life as the site of an industrial zone - the Kaesong Industrial Complex - set up between the North and South. At its peak, it saw more than 120 factories, employing more than 50,000 North Koreans and hundreds of managers from the South. But in 2016 it was shut down after tensions reached a head - bringing to a halt a symbol of co-operation. So, in 2018, it looked as though things were back on track when both Koreas agreed to set up an inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong. It allowed officials from the North and South to communicate regularly for the first time since the Korean War, and was meant to be staffed by up to 20 people from each side. But in March 2019, North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the office - following a failed summit between the US and North Korea. Who is Kim Yo-jong? In recent years the younger sister of Kim Jong-un has emerged as a powerful ally. From 2014, Kim Yo-jong's main job was to protect her brother's image, taking up a key role in the party's propaganda department. When, in 2017, she was elevated to an alternate member of the politburo, it seemed to indicate a shift in seniority - although her main role remained in propaganda. In 2018, she shot into the international spotlight when, at the Winter Olympics, she became the first member of the Kim family to visit South Korea. Her continued rise shows she has gained the deep trust of her brother, and when Mr Kim's disappearance in April prompted questions about his health, she was mentioned as a possible successor. In recent weeks, she has been responsible for delivering several strongly-worded messages against the South - and has emerged as North Korea's new point-person on inter-Korean affairs, according to specialist site NK News. However, North Korea's power mechanisms are notoriously difficult to understand. It's therefore hard to gauge how much power - or how much of her own political network - the 32-year-old might have.
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दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मूनलाई उत्तर कोरियाको निम्तो उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जङ-अनले दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मून जे-इनलाई प्योङयाङ भ्रमणको निम्तो दिएका छन्। भेट भएमा त्यो दुई कोरियाली नेताहरुबीच एक दशकभन्दा पनि लामो समयपछिको शिखरवार्ता हुनेछ। दुवै कोरियाले 'यसलाई सम्भव बनाउनुपर्ने' बताएका मुनले उत्तर कोरियालाई अमेरिकासँगको छलफलमा फर्कन जोड दिएका छन्। शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्सको उद्घाटन समारोहअघि दक्षिण कोरियाली राजधानी सोलस्थित राष्ट्रपति भवनमा भएको एक ऐतिहासिक भेटका क्रममा उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जङ-अनको हस्तलिखित निमन्त्रणा पत्र उनकी प्रभावशाली बहिनी किम यो-जङले राष्ट्रपति मूनलाई हस्तान्तरण गरेकी थिइन्। हृदय किम यो-जङ र उत्तर कोरियाका आलंकारिक राष्ट्रप्रमुख किम योङ-नामको प्रतिनिधिमण्डल सन् १९५० मा कोरियाली युद्ध भएयता उत्तरबाट दक्षिण कोरियाको भ्रमण गर्ने उच्चस्तरीय टोली हो। दुवै कोरियाली नेताहरुबीच करिब तीन घण्टा कुराकानी भएको थियो। दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति भवनका एक प्रवक्ताका अनुसार 'जतिसक्दो छिटो' उत्तर कोरियाको भ्रमण गर्न किम यो-जङले आग्रह गरेकी छन्। वासिङ्टन पोस्टकी टोकियो ब्युरो प्रमुखले ट्वीटरमा राखेको सन्देश अनुसार किम यो-जङले 'कोरियालीहरुको हृदयमा प्योङयाङ र सोल अझ नजिक हुने' तथा 'निकट भविष्यमा एकताबद्ध र समृद्ध हुने' विश्वाससहितको टिपोट राष्ट्रपति भवनमा छाडेकी छन्। प्योङयाङसँग कुनै खाले सम्बन्ध नराख्न अमेरिकाले सोललाई चेतावनी दिएपछि उक्त भेटवार्ता भएको छ। प्योङयाङको परमाणु कार्यक्रमका कारण उत्पन्न तनावका माझ भइरहेको शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्समा उत्तर कोरियाको सहभागिताले सोल नरम बन्दै जान सक्नेतर्फ ट्रम्प प्रशासन सतर्क छ। जम्काभेट संवाददाताहरु भन्छन्- चुनावी अभियानमा उत्तरसँग सम्बन्ध कायम राख्ने वाचा गरेका राष्ट्रपति मुनलाई यो निमन्त्रणाले अप्ठ्यारो अवस्थामा ल्याएको छ। त्यसतर्फको अग्रसरता उनको साझेदार अमेरिकाको इच्छाविरुद्ध हुनेछ। दक्षिण कोरियाली समाचार संस्था योन्हापका अनुसार यसअघि ओलिम्पिक्सको उद्घाटनका क्रममा अमेरिकी उपराष्ट्रपति माइक पेन्स र किम यो-जङबीच जम्काभेट भएको थियो तर दुवैले आपसमा आमनेसामने नभइयोस् भन्ने कोसिस गरेका थिए। सो समारोहमा पेन्स, किम यो-जङ र किम योङ-नाम एकअर्काको नजिक बसेका थिए। रंगशालाभित्र आयोजक देश दक्षिण कोरियाका खेलाडीहरुले उत्तर कोरियाली खेलाडीसँगै मार्च गर्दा पेन्स आफ्नो स्थानबाट उठेनन्। शनिबार साँझ स्वीट्जरल्याण्डविरुद्ध दुवै कोरियाको संयुक्त आइस हकी टोलीको पहिलो खेलका क्रममा दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मुन तथा किम यो-जङ र किम योङ-नाम उपस्थित थिए। शक्तिशाली बहिनी उनी शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्स खेलमा सहभागी उत्तर कोरियाली प्रतिनिधिमण्डलको सबैभन्दा उच्च तहकी सदस्य हुन्। सन् १९५०-५३ को कोरियाली युद्धपश्चात् दक्षिणको भ्रमण गर्ने उत्तर कोरियाली शासक परिवारकी उनी पहिलो सदस्य बनेकी छन्। दाजु किम जङ-अनसँग निकै नजिक रहेकी भनिएकी उनी गत वर्ष पार्टीको शक्तिशाली मानिएको पोलिटब्युरोकी सदस्यमा बढुवा भएकी थिइन्। उत्तर कोरियामा भएका मानव अधिकार उल्लंघनका घटनालाई लिएर अमेरिकाले उनलाई प्रतिबन्धितहरुको सूचीमा राखेको छ। आफ्ना दाजुभन्दा करिब चार वर्ष कान्छी किम यो-जङको उमेर करिब ३० वर्ष भएको ठानिएको छ।