North Korea formally proposed discussions over the possible demolition of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort that leader Kim Jong Un called “shabby” and “unpleasant-looking,” officials in Seoul said. Pyongyang has been frustrated over the South’s refusal to defy U.S.-led international sanctions and resume South Korean tours at the site. Lee Sang-min, spokesman of Seoul’s Unification Ministry, said North Korea sent letters Friday addressed to South Korea’s government and the Hyundai business group demanding that the South Koreans come to Diamond Mountain at an agreed-upon date to clear out their facilities.
