Ministry of Foreign Affairs: North Korea and South Korea are the same nation and hope that the Korean Peninsula will maintain peace and stability

　　On June 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian held a regular press conference. A reporter asked questions about the recent situation on the peninsula.

　　Zhao Lijian said that North Korea and South Korea are the same nation. As a close neighbor, China has always hoped that the Korean Peninsula will maintain peace and stability.

　　Earlier, the Ministry of National Unification confirmed that at 14:49 local time on the 16th, the North Korea-Korea Liaison Office building in the Kaesong Industrial Park of North Korea was blasted.

　　Recently, due to the dissatisfaction of "North Korean defectors" groups from South Korea to North Korea distributing anti-DPRK flyers, North Korean officials and the media have expressed their strong dissatisfaction, and decided to close the North Korea-Korea liaison office in the Kaicheng Industrial Park.