North Korea: North Korea cuts off all military communication lines with South Korea
North Korea declared today that it is cutting off all inter-Korean military communication lines and suspending the activities of communication liaison offices.
According to Chosun Central News Agency, the North Korean officer who delivered the message by telephone at 11:20AM on Wednesday declared, “In the situation where a war may break out any moment, there is no need to keep the North-South military communication lines that were laid between the militaries of both sides.”
Therefore, “I, upon authorization, inform the south side that from this moment North-South military communications will be cut off and the members of the North side in the military communications liaison office in the zone under the control of the North and the South in the west coastal area will stop their activities.”