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N Korea steps up row with South

by Sanjay Jha | August 2, 2008 at 11:59 pm | 114 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

Despite extending Olive branch North Korea is playing truant to South Korea's peace initiatives. Tension between two feuding nations have heightned after the death of a South Korean tourist in the famous tourist place in North Korea. South Korea was not happy with the information and subsequent investigation into the murder. This latest warning will further deteriorate tension between two warring nations.

North Korea has said it will expel South Korean workers from a mountain resort, in a further sign of worsening relations between the two countries.
The move comes after a South Korean tourist was shot dead last month by a soldier at Mount Kumgang, a special tourist zone in the North.
Seoul questioned the account given by Pyongyang - which said the tourist had strayed into a military zone.
The South has suspended tours to the resort pending an inquiry.
A military statement carried by North Korean media said the government would expel all South Koreans deemed "unnecessary" from the resort.
Although visits by tourists have been suspended, more than 260 southerners are working on Mount Kumgang - which had been regarded as one of the symbols of reconciliation between the two Koreas.