North Korea Threatens to Snip Ties With South

From The New York Times:

SEOUL, South Korea — In a reversal of recent progress toward reconciliation on the divided Korean Peninsula, North Korea said Monday it would ban South Korean tourists from the ancient city of Kaesong and “selectively expel” South Koreans working in a joint industrial complex there starting Dec. 1.

The North also said it planned to shut down the only crossborder train service with South Korea, idling the freight train that makes a daily round trip between Kaesong and Seoul, the South’s capital 45 miles to the south.

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