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N. Korea to Shut Border With South

Pyongyang angered by South Korean government's actions

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2008 1:45 PM CST

(Newser) – North Korea says it will cut access to South Korea on Dec. 1, by closing the border and severing the sole civilian phone link between the two nations, the BBC reports. The North has grown increasingly hostile to the South since it elected President Lee Myung-bak, who promised to “get tough” with Pyongyang. His government co-sponsored a UN resolution criticizing North Korea’s human rights record.

"It is really appalling that the puppet regime is taking a leading role in the racket of a so-called UN resolution on human rights in the North," said a statement from the North Korean government. "The South Korean puppet authorities should never forget that the present inter-Korean relations are at the crucial crossroads of existence and total severance."

A South Korean tourist uses binoculars to look at the Diamond Mountain in North Korea from the Unification Observation post in Goseong, east of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov.12, 2008.
A South Korean tourist uses binoculars to look at the Diamond Mountain in North Korea from the Unification Observation post in Goseong, east of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov.12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean laborers work in front of the gate of South and North Korea Transit near the demilitarized zone in Goseong, east of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.
South Korean laborers work in front of the gate of South and North Korea Transit near the demilitarized zone in Goseong, east of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean tourists look at the North side from Imjingak, an area near the border along the Demilitarized Zone that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.
South Korean tourists look at the North side from Imjingak, an area near the border along the Demilitarized Zone that has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
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Shannonals
Nov 13, 2008 2:49 AM CST
Everyone has been so busy talking about the Middle East, no one has bothered to remember the threat coming form the Far East.

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