North Korea has started to make their warnings against South Korea into reality. One of the South's biggest liaison offices was destroyed and blew up by the N. Korean troops this Tuesday, June 16. No casualties were reported from the incident. But, the North seemed to be not ending this huge war against their Southern counterpart.
The war restarted when defectors were seen actively protesting in S. Korean against the N. Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
South Korean Liaison office gets destroyed by N. Korean troops
Breaking news happened this afternoon in North Korea. One of the biggest inter-Korean liaison offices near the border of South Korea was destroyed and blew up by the N. Korean army themselves, S. Korean officials announced.
The building, which was located in N. Korean borders, is the government agency responsible for tying up the communication between the two opposing nations: S. Korea and N. Korea. Luckily, the office was empty due to the COVID-19 regulations.
Earlier before the destruction, a warning was already released by one of N. Korean leaders and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong said at the weekend: "Before long, a tragic scene of the useless north-south joint liaison office completely collapsed would be seen."
It was unexpected for the public to seen the threat to come true. However, it was different for the S. Korean leaders.
"It was an expected event," Unification Minster Kim Yeon-chul told lawmakers at the National Assembly after the incident, alluding to a recent threat from Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "I need to confirm some more accurate details," the minister said.
Why did this happen?
Last Jun. 9, Tech Times reported that N. Korea had officially declared war with the S. Korean government by calling them the 'enemy.' The North cuts ties with their Southern counterpart and said that all communications will now be gone between the two nations.
The N. Korean government even added that S. Korean capital, Seoul, will be targeted by the attacks from the North. And that they will 'suffer' from this possible war.
The history between the two nations was not really as harmonized even before. Both of them were known as two enemies against each other.
This war between them was even stirred more after N. Korea accuses the S. Korea of allowing defectors inside their city to continue protesting against the leadership of N. Korea's Kim Jong-un.
However, the S. Korean government denies these allegations and said that the emergence of defectors was only 'excuse' for the N. Koreans to start a war with them.
"The leaflets are an excuse or justification to raise the ante, manufacture a crisis, and bully Seoul to get what it wants," said Duyeon Kim, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, a Belgium-based independent non-profit organization.