World | South Korea N. Korea to Shut Border With South Pyongyang angered by South Korean government's actions By Nick McMaster Posted Nov 12, 2008 1:45 PM CST Copied A South Korean tourist uses binoculars to look at the Diamond Mountain in North Korea from the Unification Observation post in Goseong, east of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov.12, 2008. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) North Korea says it will cut access to South Korea on Dec. 1, by closing the border and severing the sole civilian phone link between the two nations, the BBC reports. The North has grown increasingly hostile to the South since it elected President Lee Myung-bak, who promised to “get tough” with Pyongyang. His government co-sponsored a UN resolution criticizing North Korea’s human rights record. "It is really appalling that the puppet regime is taking a leading role in the racket of a so-called UN resolution on human rights in the North," said a statement from the North Korean government. "The South Korean puppet authorities should never forget that the present inter-Korean relations are at the crucial crossroads of existence and total severance." Read These Next President Trump was not a fan of the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Some Olympians are struggling with representing the US. Vonn has surgery after 'heartbreaking' crash. Ghislaine Maxwell had a behind-the-scenes role in Clinton world. Report an error