North Korea: "All Inter-Korean Communication Lines Completely Cut Off from 12 O'Clock" (Breaking News)
"How Dare You Insult the Supreme Dignity"
Government Criticized for Response to North Korean Leaflets
North Korea announced that it will completely cut off and dismantle all communication lines connecting the North and South starting from noon on the 9th.
The North Korean state media, Korean Central News Agency, reported, "From 12:00 on June 9, 2020, the communication lines between the North and South authorities maintained through the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, the East-West Sea communication lines between the North and South military, the North-South communication test lines, and the direct communication line between the Central Committee headquarters of the Workers' Party and the Blue House will be completely cut off and dismantled."
The communication criticized the South Korean government's response to anti-North leaflets, stating, "The South Korean authorities have shirked their grave responsibilities under flimsy excuses, tolerating the anti-Republic hostile acts of trash, driving inter-Korean relations to a catastrophic end."
It continued, "Under the South Korean authorities' irresponsible actions and tolerance, the disgusting trash have carried out anti-Republic hostile acts, daring to insult the supreme dignity and mock the sacred spiritual core of our entire people, ultimately antagonizing all our people."
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The communication added, "There can be no forgiveness or opportunity regarding this issue, which is not just any issue. They must be made to pay the price," emphasizing, "We cannot exchange the supreme dignity for anything and will defend it with our lives."
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