Following threats from Kim Jong Uno’s sister, North Korea blew up a liaison office between the two Koreas

The move was accompanied by angry statements made by Pyongyang against Seoul in recent days.

“North Korea at 2 p.m. 49 min. Blew up a liaison office in Kesong,” said the press service of the ministry responsible for relations between the two Koreas.

Earlier Tuesday, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that an explosion was heard in Kesong and that smoke was increasing.

According to unidentified sources, Yonhap stated that the smoke came from the general industrial complex in North and South Korea, where the liaison office is located.

The Joint Liaison Office has been vacant since January due to restrictions on Covid-19. The North Korean-based office opened in 2018 to allow both Koreans to communicate.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Uno’s sister warned last weekend that the liaison office would soon “completely collapse.”

Since early June, North Korea has issued a series of bitter South Korean condemnations for balloon propaganda flyers against the Pyongyang regime across the border.

Flyers sent by activists in balloons or bottled at sea criticize Kim Jong Un for human rights abuses and nuclear ambitions. North Korean refugees have been doing this regularly, but recently Pyongyang’s tone has sharpened in this regard.

Last week, Pyongyang announced the cessation of all official channels of communication with South Korea.

Analysts say Pyongyang is likely to seek to instigate a crisis to pressure Seoul until North Korea’s denuclearization talks with Washington are stalled.

Pyongyang: North Korean army “fully prepared” for action against Seoul

The North Korean army is “fully prepared” to act against South Korea, state media said Tuesday morning, with Pyongyang firing for more than a week.

Since early June, North Korea has issued a series of bitter South Korean condemnations for balloon propaganda flyers against the Pyongyang regime across the border.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been criticized for human rights abuses and nuclear ambitions in pamphlets sent by activists in balloons or thrown into bottles at sea. North Korean refugees have been doing this regularly, but recently Pyongyang’s tone has sharpened in this regard.

Last week, Pyongyang announced the cessation of all official channels of communication with South Korea.

Analysts say Pyongyang is likely to seek to instigate a crisis to pressure Seoul until North Korea’s denuclearization talks with Washington are stalled.

The Korean People’s Army General Staff announced Tuesday that relations between the two countries on the Korean peninsula were deteriorating and that the army was considering a “plan of action” to “turn the front line into a fortress.”

The General Staff added that this would include the return of the troops to the territories that were demilitarized by the Pyongyang-Seoul agreement.

South Korean media reports say it could mean that guards will be returned to posts on the heavily fortified border, which the two Koreans agreed to lift in 2018 to reduce tensions.

The North Korean military will also plan to “distribute flyers on a large scale” in South Korea, according to the staff report.

On Monday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on the North “not to close the dialogue window.”

Following Pyongyang’s recent convictions, including a statement by Kim Yo Jong, an influential sister of Kim Jong Uno in early June, that action must be taken against South Korean activists and “bring their hosts to justice”, the Ministry Unification has filed a complaint with the police in Seoul activists will be subject to “total austerity”.

Both Koreans are still formally at war, as the 1950-1953 Korean War ended only with a ceasefire and not with a peace treaty.