통일부 "북측, 오전 연락사무소 전화 받지 않아"<br /><br />South Korea's daily phone call to North Korea this morning went unanswered for the first time since the hotline was set up..<br />The Unification Ministry said North Korea did not pick up and that it would wait and see what happens during the afternoon call, saying it's too early to make assumptions.<br />Since the inter-Korean liaison office was established in 2018, the two Koreas have agreed on two daily phone calls, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.<br />The North's United Front Department, which handles inter-Korean affairs, vowed last Friday to shut down the liaison office in Gaeseong as the first measure over anti-North Korean leaflets sent across the border.<br />Seoul's Defense Ministry says the inter-Korean military communication line is still operating as normal.<br /><br />
