SEOUL: North Korea has proposed that Seoul discuss the removal of its facilities from the North’s resort of Mount Kumgang, a key symbol of cooperation that Pyongyang recently criticised as “shabby” and “capitalist”, the South’s officials said.
In the latest sign of cooling ties, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged that the South’s “backward” and “hotchpotch” facilities at the infrequently used resort be taken down and rebuilt, the North’s KCNA news agency has said.
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