What is Inter-Korean Liaison Office?
The '''Inter-Korean Liaison Office''' ({{korean|남북공동연락사무소|南北共同連絡事務所|Nambuk gongdong yeollak samuso|lead=yes}}) was a joint office of [[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]] located in North Korea's [[Kaesong|Kaesong Industrial Region]]. The building was a [[de facto embassy|''de facto'' embassy]] and gave a direct communication line for the two nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/world/asia/north-south-korea-liaison-office.html|last=Choe|first=Sang-Hun|author-mask=Choe Sang-Hun|title=North and South Korea Open Full-Time Liaison Office at Border|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 September 2018}}</ref> It was headed by North Korean Representative Jon Jong-su, vice chairman of the [[Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland]] and South Korean Representative Chun Hae-sung, vice minister of the [[Ministry of Unification]]. The four-story office building was destroyed by North Korea on 16 June 2020. It had been empty since January due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2018 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:2018 establishments in South Korea]] [[Category:Establishments in North Korea]] [[Category:June 2020 events]] {{Asia-stub}}