DPRK withdraws from joint liaison office with S.Korea in Kaesong: Seoul unification ministry

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea withdrew from the joint liaison office with South Korea in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, South Korean vice unification minister told an emergency press conference Friday. 

The ministry said in a statement that the DPRK side notified South Korea on Friday morning of its decision to pull out of the Kaesong liaison office according to instructions from the superior authorities.

All of the DPRK officials, who had stayed in Kaesong for the round-the-clock communications with the South Korean counterparts, withdrew from the liaison office.

The joint liaison office was opened in Kaesong last September to implement the agreement reached by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un during their first summit in April in the truce village of Panmunjom.