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North Korea said it would completely cut off all communication lines between the two Koreas. In addition to the inter-Korean liaison offices already announced, the military communication network and the Blue House hotline were all included. He also said that the inter-Korean relations business will be transformed into a hostile business.

Reporter Kim A-young.

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North Korea said it would cut off all communication lines between the two Koreas at 12:00 noon today through Chosun Central Communications.

This includes not only the communication lines of the South-North Joint Contact Office, but also the military communication lines of the East-West Sea District, the inter-Korean communication test communication lines, and direct communication lines between the North Korean Party Central Committee headquarters and the Blue House.

The communication line of the liaison office was unclear whether it was blocked in the afternoon when North Korea did not answer the phone call yesterday (8th).

North Korea did not respond to the liaison with the South-North contact office at 9:00 am.

The direct communication line, the so-called hotline, between the North Korean Party Central Committee headquarters and the Blue House was established in April 2018, but has never been in operation.

At the meeting of the Daenam Business Department, the central office said that Kim Young-cheol, vice chairman of the party and Kim Yeo-jung, the first vice president, emphasized that the South Korean business should be transformed into an adversarial business.

It also announced that this is a first step action and that there will be further action.

As announced in the discourse on Kim Yeo-jung on the 4th, there are expected to be further measures related to the abolition of the Mt.