SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday rejected Seoul’s request for talks on the fate of a flagship tour complex condemned by leader Kim Jong Un, dismissing meetings as “unnecessary,” the South said.

The abrupt rebuff is a stark illustration of the dire state of inter-Korean relations, which have plummeted since the collapse of a February summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi on the North’s nuclear program.

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