June 16, 2020:
North Korea blew up a liaison office in Kaesong used for joint talks after threatening action if defectors continued with a campaign sending propaganda leaflets into the North.
June 24, 2020:
State media announced that Kim had decided to suspend military action plans that North Korea had threatened to carry out against the South.
June 25, 2020:
Marking 70 years since the beginning of the 1950-1953 Korean War, North Korea’s foreign ministry released a report defending the country’s nuclear weapons programme and vowing to “never shrink from this road we have chosen.” State media, however, did not report any of the anti-U.S. mass rallies that have often been held on that anniversary in the past.
Editor: Barratut Taqiyyah Rafie
