Another big announcement from North Korea this morning.<br />The North says it has sent a final notice to South Korea... that it will demolish Seoul's facilities at the Mount Geumgang resort if South Korea doesn't do so itself.<br />This was the regime's response to Seoul's suggestion last week... that it send a team to first take stock of the situation.<br />Arirang's Unification Ministry correspondent Oh Jung-hee reports.<br />An ultimatum from North Korea.<br />Pyeongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency says... the regime sent a final notice to South Korea this Monday... that it will go ahead and unilaterally tear down South Korean facilities at the Mount Geumgang resort if Seoul doesn't do it.<br />The North says South Korea doesn't seem to understand its demand... and keeps on mentioning other options like a "creative approach," "working-level talks" and an "investigation team visit to the North."<br />The regime accused Seoul of ignoring its facilities for the past ten years and only now trying to take action.<br />It stressed there's no room for South Korea in regards to tours to Mount Geumgang... and that the mountain is not something shared by the two sides.<br />The North reiterated that the regime will take responsibility and develop the Mount Geumgang area as an international tourist destination.<br />On Friday, the South Korean government confirmed that it received such a notice from the North early this week.<br />"On November 11th, the North once again claimed that the two sides discuss the removal of South Korean facilities through written exchanges, saying it's the last warning."<br /><br />The North didn't clearly state the deadline for Seoul to come and remove its buildings.<br />Seoul still believes the issue of the Mount Geumgang tours should be talked about by the two sides... and called on the North to respond to Seoul's stance.<br />"We are discussing the matter with the firms that ran businesses at the tourist resort. In finding a solution to this, our basic stance is that we have to protect South Korean firms' property rights... and things have to be mutually agreed by the two sides."<br />The government didn't reveal when it will send a reply to the North's notice.<br />It says it will make additional announcements once there's some progress in their exchanges.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />
