North Korea blew up a symbolic joint office at the border after a week of fiery threats, South Korean government says

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• North Korea has demolished an inter-Korean liaison office, an informal embassy between the two countries, the South Korean government said.
• The demolition took place at around 2:49 p.m. local time and explosions, in addition to smoke, were reportedly observed in the North Korean border, according to South Korean media outlets.
• North Korea previously threatened the site would be "collapsing without a trace."
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North Korea has demolished an inter-Korean liaison office, an informal embassy between it and South Korea, on Tuesday afternoon.

The building was in the border town of Kaesong, the South Korean government said, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency. The demolition took place at around 2:49 p.m. local time and explosions, in addition to smoke, were observed on the North Korean side of the border, the agency said.

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