SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office building just inside its border in an act sharply raising tensions during a stalemate in nuclear diplomacy.
Seoul’s Unification Ministry says the destruction of the building in the town of Kaesong happened at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday.
North Korea had earlier threatened to demolish the building as it stepped up its fiery rhetoric over Seoul’s failure to stop activists from flying propaganda leaflets across the border.
Some experts say North Korea is expressing its frustration because Seoul is unable to resume joint economic projects due to U.S.-led sanctions.
