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North Korea Claims To Have Blown Up Cross-Border Roadways Connecting With The South.
(VOR News) – North Korea is preparing to blow up highways that span its heavily guarded border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday.
The North has accused its rival of deploying drones over its capital, Pyongyang. This occurred amid a growing verbal exchange between the two nations.
According to a military officer in South Korea, North Korean personnel were operating under cover on their side of the border’s highways close to the east and west coasts. These preparations are thought to be for the aim of setting off explosives on the roads, which might occur as early as Monday.
In a statement released on Friday, the North Korean government charged that South Korea had used drones to drop a “huge number” of anti-North Korean leaflets above Pyongyang.
The North Korean authorities called this a military and political provocation.
On Monday, Lee Sung-jun, a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, failed to respond to inquiries on whether or not South Korean military personnel piloted the drones.
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong, made yet another divisive statement on Monday, criticizing both the US and South Korea. She said that Washington should be held responsible for its conduct as well as the South Korean military, which was “clearly” to blame for the drone intrusion.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published her message, in which she made references to Washington and Seoul. “If the sovereignty of a nuclear weapons state was violated by mongrels tamed by Yankees, the master of those dogs should be held accountable for this,” she suggested.
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the North Korean army reportedly stated last week that it will thoroughly fortify the area on its side of the border and cut off all roads and railroads connected to South Korea.
The North Korean leadership issued a threat to execute a “horrible disaster” if it was discovered that South Korean drones were once again hovering over Pyongyang over the weekend. According to a statement issued on Sunday, eight artillery battalions that are fully armed have been stationed at the frontier and are prepared to fire.
The South Korean military has stated that it is refraining from responding to inquiries regarding the drones due to the possibility of falling prey to Pyongyang’s strategy of generating justifications for provocations if it were to address the North’s allegations.
Lee stated that South Korea has been improving its anti-drone defenses since 2022.
Five North Korean drones soared above Seoul for hours.
Expert in military drone operations at Jungwon University Lee Kyoung-haing said that individuals could easily purchase drones with a range of about 186 miles, which is the distance round trip from Pyongyang to the South. Leaflets would be a minimal payload that these drones might transport.
Some observers think that even if individuals from the South had crossed the border with these drones, it would have been challenging for them to do so without official government permission. It’s also possible that the authorities failed to recognize and outlaw them.
The drones, according to the North Korean Ministry of Defense, were of a kind that needed a specialized launcher or a runway, and it was impossible for a civilian organization to set them off. The ministry claimed to have seen the drones flying over Pyongyang three times earlier this month.
The two Koreas remain formally at war despite the Korean War of 1950–1953 concluding with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.
The above mentioned cross-border interactions are remnants from periods of détente between the countries, exemplified by the 2018 summit between the presidents, during which they proclaimed the cessation of hostilities and the commencement of a new era of peace.
North Korea has reinstated guard posts and heavy weaponry in the Demilitarized Zone’s border buffer following the two nations’ decision to annul a military pact established in 2018 aimed at reducing tensions.
SOURCE: NBC
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