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Blog / 23 Jun 2020

(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

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(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Topic: Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

Guest:

  • S. R. Tayal, (Former Ambassador)
  • Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, (Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times)
  • Sanjay Kumar, (Gangwon Research Institute of Korean Studies)

Topic Description:

After a period of relative quiet, North Korea is once again in the headlines with the dramatic demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in the city of Kaesong, just north of the demilitarised zone between the two Koreas. The office was refurbished at considerable cost to South Korea following the 2018 inter-Korean Summit, and was intended to function as a virtual embassy between the two nations. Its destruction was an unmistakable indication of North Korea’s displeasure with its neighbour, and a dramatic end to two years of hope. Tensions between the Koreas have been rising after the north protested the launch of anti-North Korean propaganda-filled balloons and plastic bottles into North Korea by South Korean civic groups. Just three days before the liaison office’s demolition, Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister, specifically threatened its destruction.

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Courtesy: RSTV