03-22-2019, 09:59 AM
** 22-Mar-2019 North Korea withdraws from liaison office with South Korea
North Korea has withdrawn its personnel from the inter-Korean joint
liaison office at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), a joint
manufacturing facility that was already closed. The office was set up
last year during the charm offensive so that officials from North and
South Korea could meet to discuss possible reunification.
The announcement comes weeks after the failed Hanoi summit, and a day
after the US imposed sanctions on two Chinese shipping companies
helping North Korea to evade sanctions.
The North said it will not care about whether South Korean officials
remain or withdraw from the office. If you're good at reading tea
leaves, then you can make of that as you want.
--- Sources:
-- North Korea withdraws staff from inter-Korean liaison office in
Kaesong: MOU No reason given for the move, vice unification
minister says
https://www.nknews.org/2019/03/north-kor...esong-mou/
(North Korea News)
-- N. Korea withdraws from inter-Korean liaison office
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190322010...ction=news
(Yonhap, South Korea)
-- US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for helping North Korea
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/i...17493.html
(Al-Jazeera, 21-Mar-2019)
North Korea has withdrawn its personnel from the inter-Korean joint
liaison office at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), a joint
manufacturing facility that was already closed. The office was set up
last year during the charm offensive so that officials from North and
South Korea could meet to discuss possible reunification.
The announcement comes weeks after the failed Hanoi summit, and a day
after the US imposed sanctions on two Chinese shipping companies
helping North Korea to evade sanctions.
The North said it will not care about whether South Korean officials
remain or withdraw from the office. If you're good at reading tea
leaves, then you can make of that as you want.
--- Sources:
-- North Korea withdraws staff from inter-Korean liaison office in
Kaesong: MOU No reason given for the move, vice unification
minister says
https://www.nknews.org/2019/03/north-kor...esong-mou/
(North Korea News)
-- N. Korea withdraws from inter-Korean liaison office
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190322010...ction=news
(Yonhap, South Korea)
-- US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for helping North Korea
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/i...17493.html
(Al-Jazeera, 21-Mar-2019)
