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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... Read full story »

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