A woman walks past a television news screen showing a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a ceremony to mark the completion of Sunchon phosphatic fertiliser factory, at a railway station in Seoul.
A woman walks past a television news screen showing a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a ceremony to mark the completion of Sunchon phosphatic fertiliser factory, at a railway station in Seoul. Photographer: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP

北朝鮮は韓国との通信連絡線を９日正午をもって完全に遮断し廃棄することになると、国営朝鮮中央通信（ＫＣＮＡ）が伝えた。

　　韓国当局と向き合う必要はなく、議論すべきこともないと判断したとしている。

原題：North Korea Says Determined to Shut Down All Contact With South（抜粋）