PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 30 (UPI) -- North Korea, accusing Seoul of hampering reconciliation efforts through false accusations, says it will never deal with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
Accusing the Lee government of making moves to escalate confrontation, the North's National Defense Commission said the army would "cut off the north-south military communication … along the east coast" and "close the communication liaison office" in the Mount Kumgang resort area.
The statement, reported by China's state-run Xinhua news agency, said the North "will take a physical action without any notice any time against any target to cope with the (anti-North) psychological warfare."
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the statement is the latest escalation of tensions between the two Koreas.
It follows the just-concluded weeklong China visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who was reported to have said he "advocates" an early resumption of the stalled talks on his country's denuclearization among China, the two Koreas, Japan, the United States and Russia. The talks have stalled since 2009 when Pyongyang pulled out to protest U.N. sanctions after its nuclear tests.
In response, a South Korean official stressed his country's stand that before restarting the talks, the North must demonstrate its denuclearization commitment and take responsibility for two deadly attacks last year.
The attacks relate to last year's torpedoing of a South Korean warship, which Seoul says was the work of the North, and the shelling of a South Korean island last November.
