Border Guard Command Posture at Highest Level of Alert Ahead of South Korea-U.S.-Japan 'Freedom Edge'

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It was belatedly reported that while South Korea, the United States, and Japan conducted the multi-domain joint exercise "Freedom Edge" for five days from the 7th to the 11th, an urgent order to switch to combat mobilization readiness was issued to a North Korean border guard brigade prior to the exercise. A DailyNK source in North Pyongan Province stated on the 15th, "On the 4th, the Border Guard Command abruptly issued an order to the 31st Bri…