The Ministry of Unification said on the 4th that it was investigating the cause because there was no communication between the inter-Korean joint liaison offices. The photo shows South Korean and North Korean military posts located on the Imjin River in Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do. [사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]The South-North Joint Liaison Office did not make a call to start work, so the Ministry of Unification began to investigate the cause.
The Ministry of Unification announced on the 4th that at 9 a.m. on the same day, there were no calls between the North and South Korea’s machine rooms as well as a call to start business between the North and South Korea Joint Liaison Offices.
The two Koreas hold an opening call and a closing call at 9 am and 5 pm, respectively, every day through the channel of the joint liaison office. In the morning of the morning of this morning, the communication line of the West Sea military communication line proceeded normally.
An official from the Ministry of Unification explained, “We are currently checking whether it is caused by a technical problem such as a communication line error.”
Regarding the possibility that North Korea deliberately cut off contact, the official emphasized, “Since the cause is not precisely identified, it is important to make efforts to connect the inter-Korean communication lines normally for now, and I would like to say that we are currently working for that.” did.
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