North Korea has on Friday withdrawn itself from the inter-Korean liaison office, which was established amidst warming of bilateral ties in order to facilitate dialogues with South Korea.
According to BBC news reports, Seoul said the country was contacted on Friday and informed the North Korean officials would soon be leaving today.
South has expressed regret over North Korea’s decision of staff withdrawal from the liaison office and urged the North staffs to come back as soon as possible.
North Korea’ staff pullout follows the Hanoi summit failure between the United States president, Donald Trump, and his North counterpart Kim Jong-Un, held last month in Vietnam.
The liaison office is situated at the North Korean border city called Kaesong, allowing officials from South and North to communicate on a regular basis, for the very first time since the Korean War. It is meant to be staffed by up to 20 people from each side.