North Korea has withdrawn its personnel from the inter-Korean joint liaison office at the now-shuttered Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), South Korean Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-sung announced on Friday.
Speaking at a special news briefing, Chun said Pyongyang had this morning notified the South that it would “withdraw [staff] in accordance with the direction of the superior authority."
North Korea has withdrawn its personnel from the inter-Korean joint liaison office at the now-shuttered Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), South Korean Vice Minister of Unification Chun Hae-sung announced on Friday.
Speaking at a special news briefing, Chun said Pyongyang had this morning notified the South that it would “withdraw [staff] in accordance with the direction of the superior authority."
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