朝鮮關閉朝韓聯絡渠道

DPRK to cut liaison lines

朝鮮關閉朝韓聯絡渠道

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines at noon Tuesday, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. The relevant field of DPRK side will "completely cut off and shut down the liaison line between the authorities of the north and the south, which has been maintained through the north-south joint liaison office" starting from 12:00 on June 9, the report said.

朝鮮中央通訊社稱，朝方將從6月9日12時開始切斷一切朝韓通訊聯絡線。

Other communications will also be cut off, which includes the East and West Seas communication lines between the military of the North and the South, the inter-Korean trial communication line and the hotline between the office building of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Republic of Korea presidential office Chongwadae, according to the KCNA.

朝中社稱，朝方有關部門將徹底斷絕並廢除通過北南共同聯絡辦事處一直維持的北南當局之間的通訊聯絡線、北南軍方之間的東西海通訊聯絡線、北南通訊試驗聯絡線、朝鮮勞動黨中央本部大樓和韓國總統府青瓦臺之間的熱線通訊聯絡線。

The development is an apparent follow-up action from the DPRK, after top officials recently threatened to shut down the inter-Korean liaison office or withdraw from the military cooperation agreement signed in 2018 in protest at anti-DPRK propaganda leaflets defectors from the North fly across the border.

爲了抗議“脫北者”從韓國往朝鮮方向散發反朝傳單，朝鮮多名高級別官員近日威脅將關閉朝韓聯絡辦公室，甚至廢除2018年兩國簽署的軍事合作協議。這次的措施似是朝方的後續行動。