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South Korea Says Some North Koreans Have Returned to Liaison Office

Pedestrians walk past portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

Pedestrians walk past portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

Photographer: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

Some North Korean officials returned to a liaison office with South Korea just days after Pyongyang withdrew from the facility that allowed the rivals to communicate around the clock.

North Korea informed South Korea on Friday that it would stop participating in the liaison office, dealing a blow to President Moon Jae-in’s rapprochement efforts.