North Korea cuts all communication with South over anti-Pyongyang leaflets

In its announcement, North Korea said Tuesday's move was a response to South Korea's failure to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their borders

North Korea said it was cutting off all communication channels with South Korea on Tuesday, a move experts say could signal Pyongyang has grown frustrated that Seoul has failed to revive lucrative inter-Korean economic projects and persuade the United States to ease sanctions.

The North's Korean Central News Agency said all cross-border communication lines would be cut off at noon in the first step of the determination to completely shut down all contact means with South Korea and get rid of unnecessary things.

When South Korean officials tried to contact their North Korean counterparts via several channels after the North's