Earlier post with the news is here: North Korea says it will cut communication with the South completely, from today

North Korean state media claims it will shut down all communication ties with South Korea

  • includes the presidential hotline between Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-in, the lines to the inter-Korean liaison office, and the military hotline

KCNA says this is the first in a series of actions against the South

  • a response to anti-regime leaflets being flown over the border from the South
  • leafleting "was an act of hostility to all our people"