Seoul has called for North Korea to provide advance notice before discharging water from its dam near the inter-Korean border, following the start of the summer monsoon earlier this week.

In a statement, South Korea’s unification ministry said it seeks to convey its position on preventing flood damage through the media since the DPRK is not responding via inter-Korean hotline calls.

“The North has agreed to give advance notice in the past, and three previous cases where it did so show that it is not technically difficult, so we urge the North to take sincere measures to prevent damage due