N.Korea severs all ties with Seoul

25.05.2010 North Korea has cut all relations with South Korea in a move that comes after an international report blamed Pyongyang for sinking a South Korean warship in the Yellow Sea in late March. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak announced on Sunday that Seoul was ending trade relations with the North in response to the sinking. For its part, the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea has warned that "as of Tuesday, all the South Korea-related issues will be resolved in accordance with war-time laws". Earlier on Tuesday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the two Koreas to show restraint.