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NORTH KOREA: BBG cites North Korean state media as noting that Pyongyang "will

shut down a liaison office it shares with South Korea by noon on Tuesday, along

with other official communication lines including a hotline between its leader

Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-In". North Korea left the first

daily liaison call from the South unanswered yesterday, inspiring speculation

that it might want to restrict bilateral communications, but answered the second

call. This comes after last week's threats from the North that they will close

the liaison office if the South fails to crack down on activists sending

anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the DPRK.