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N Korea blows up frontline bunkers

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SEOUL: Pyongyang blew up 10 guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone Tuesday as the two Koreas pursue a reconciliation drive, even while denuclearisation talks stall between the US and the North.
The move is one of the steps agreed during the Pyongyang summit between the South’s President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang in September. The North told the South that it would blow up the 10 facilities almost simultaneously, Seoul’s defence ministry said, adding that Southern soldiers “observed and confirmed the guard posts were completely ruined at the announced time”. Seoul has been tearing down 10 guard posts of its own, mostly using excavators, a defence ministry spokesman said.
The North has more of the facilities – which include both surface structures and underground elements – and according to Yonhap news agency the moves will leave it with around 150 in the area, with the South having about 50. (AFP)

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