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On the afternoon of June 16, the sound of a massive explosion announced to the world that North Korea had triumphantly demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong.
The destruction of what was until recently one of the few symbols of “North-South cooperation” marks the latest escalation in Pyongyang’s now-week-long strategy of building tension.
North Korea is doing pretty much what the vast majority of observers have expected them to do: escalating.
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Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent those of NK News.
On the afternoon of June 16, the sound of a massive explosion announced to the world that North Korea hadtriumphantly demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong.
Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.
