DPRK freezes South Korean ties

N Korea: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Tuesday the decision to break off relations with South Korea in view of the latter’s campaign in the case of the sunken warship for which it holds the DPRK responsible.

The Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Homeland (CPRH) declares officially that from now on it will apply resolved actions to freeze relations, abrogate the non aggression pact and cut off North-South cooperation, according to a spokesman of the CPRH quoted by KCNA news agency. As the first step there will be no dialogue or contact among authorities under President Lee Myung Bak’s Government, and work of Red Cross liaison delegates in Panmunjon is suspended, and all communications between North and South. The decision includes the freezing and closing of the consultate office of bilateral economic cooperation in Kaesong industrial zone and the expulsion of staff from the other side.

Another measure refers to the start of a counter offensive on the psychological war waged by South Korean authorities against Pyongyang.

The passage of planes and ships from the South through DPRK’s waters and air space was also banned, and all problems in bilateral links will be handled according to law during wartime. Pyongyang, Prensa Latina