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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border

South Korea has condemned North Korea after it destroyed roads linking the countries on Tuesday, in another blow to bilateral ties on the increasingly tense peninsula.

The South Korean unification ministry, which overseas inter-Korean relations, described the North’s decision to blow up roads on its side of the countries’ heavily armed border as “abnormal” and a violation of bilateral agreements designed to lower tensions.

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