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North Korea threatens to cut ties with South-Yonhap
15 Oct 2008 23:10:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - North Korea has threatened to end all relations with South Korea, a major supplier of aid and cash to the impoverished state, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday, quoting official North Korean media..

The move comes days after North Korea said it would resume taking apart its nuclear plant that makes bomb-grade plutonium and return to a disarmament-for-aid deal. (Reporting by and Kim Yeon-hee and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Valerie Lee)


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