North Korea Doesn’t Answer Calls From South Korea for a Third Day
- South Korea called military hotline at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- North Korea staged underwater drone test, KCNA said Saturday
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North Korea has not responded to regularly-held, inter-Korean phone calls for a third consecutive day, elevating tensions on the peninsula and increasing concern about the stability of the region.
South Korean Defense Ministry officials said they reached out to the North through a dedicated military hotline at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m on Sunday but the calls went unanswered. The two Koreas typically hold calls on the link twice a day, every day. Attempts to call on a cross-border liaison channel, which operates on weekdays, were also unanswered on Friday.