North Korea remained unresponsive to daily routine calls with South Korea through an inter-Korean liaison communication channel and a military hotline for the fourth straight day Monday, according to the South’s government.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the North appears to have “unilaterally” cut off the liaison communication line, as the country has not answered routine calls since Friday, including the opening calls Monday, according to (Yonhap) news agency.
The two Koreas are supposed to hold phone calls twice a day, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., via their joint liaison channel. Calls from the liaison hotline do not take place on weekends.
Calls through a military hotline also went unanswered for the fourth straight day Monday, according to the South’s defense ministry.
Source: Qatar News Agency