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North Korea to Deploy Troops to Two Demilitarized Areas Near Border
North Korean personnel blow up the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong, North Korea on June 16, 2020. / KCNA / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 17 June 2020
BEIJING—North Korean troops are redeploying to two areas that had been demilitarized under agreements with the South, official media said Wednesday, in the wake of the demolition the previous day by the North of a joint liaison office.
The Korean Central News Agency also reported that Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has rejected South Korea’s offer to send special envoys to North Korea following the blowing up of the inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city of Kaesong.
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