Inter-Korea liaison office in North Korea to be shut amid virus outbreak

A joint inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border city of Kaesong will be temporarily closed due to the outbreak of a new, deadly coronavirus in China, an official of South Korea's Unification Ministry said Thursday.The official said South Korean officials manning the office will return as soon as possible, adding that the office closure will continue until the outbreak dies down completely."The South and North agreed to keep in contact with each other by installing separate phone and fax lines between Seoul and Pyongyang," the official added.North Korea has taken emergency mea…READ FULL ARTICLE