朝鲜关闭朝韩联络渠道

DPRK to cut liaison lines

朝鲜关闭朝韩联络渠道

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.

朝鲜中央通讯社称，朝方将从6月9日12时开始切断一切朝韩通讯联络线。

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.

朝中社称，朝方有关部门将彻底断绝并废除通过北南共同联络办事处一直维持的北南当局之间的通讯联络线、北南军方之间的东西海通讯联络线、北南通讯试验联络线、朝鲜劳动党中央本部大楼和韩国总统府青瓦台之间的热线通讯联络线。

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.

为了抗议“脱北者”从韩国往朝鲜方向散发反朝传单，朝鲜多名高级别官员近日威胁将关闭朝韩联络办公室，甚至废除2018年两国签署的军事合作协议。这次的措施似是朝方的后续行动。