Pyongyang accused Seoul of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets, prompting a push to permanently seal its southern border. The South Korean armed forces fired “return shots” on their own territory.
North Korea dynamited on Tuesday sections of roads that connected with the Southdays after it announced to permanently block its border, reported the South Korean military authorities, who fired response shots.
Pyongyang announced last week that will permanently seal its southern border and build defensive positionsafter spending months laying mines and building anti-tank barriers. “North Korea detonated parts of the Gyeongui and Donghae highways north of the Military Demarcation Line” that separates the two countries, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The South Korean military released videos showing the North’s forces blowing up sections of these two routes. In response, the South Korean armed forces fired “return shots” in their own territory.
Wall construction
Roads and railways between the two Koreas have been closed for years, but their destruction sends a clear message that leader Kim Jong Un is not willing to negotiate with the Southaccording to experts. The destruction of roads “is a practical military measure” by the Northwhich could seek to erect more physical barriers along the border, Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, told AFP. In his opinion, the destruction of the roads could be the “preparatory work for the construction of those walls.”
Bilateral relations have deteriorated considerably since the coming to power in Seoul in 2022. conservative president Yoon Suk Yeolin favor of a firm policy with its northern neighbor and of strengthening the military alliance with the United States and Japan. The three allies regularly hold joint exercises, which Pyongyang sees as rehearsals for an invasion of the North. China on Tuesday urged both sides to avoid a “new escalation” that it said would go “against common interests.”
Propaganda drone conflict
Kim this year declared South Korea the “main enemy” of his countryand has since laid land mines, installed anti-tank barriers and placed missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads in the fortified border area. Last week, North Korea accused Seoul of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets over the capital Pyongyang and in response vowed to permanently seal its southern border.. He also warned that one more drone would be considered “a declaration of war.”
Kim held a security meeting on Monday to formulate a plan for “immediate military action,” the official press reported on Tuesday. At that meeting, the authorities received a report about the “serious provocations by the enemy,” according to the official KCNA agency. He added that Kim “expressed a firm political and military stance.”
The South Korean military initially denied sending drones to the neighboring country, but later They did not want to refer to the subjecteven when Pyongyang directly accused them. The sister of the North Korean leader issued a statement on Tuesday stating that Pyongyang obtained “clear evidence” that the South Korean military is behind the drones that arrived in Pyongyang. “Provocateurs will pay a high price,” he warned.
Kim Jong-un
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Activists on the South Korean side of the border have been sending propaganda-laden balloons to the North for years, sparking outrage in Pyongyang. North Korea has sent drones to the South in the past. In 2022, five Pyongyang drones crossed the border, prompting the South Korean military to fire warning shots and mobilize fighter jets.
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