North Korea's Kim Yo Jong says loudspeaker broadcasts toward Seoul being considered, KCNA reports
Kim Yo Jong said the military is reviewing more tactical strike means as South Korea’s warning shots and loudspeaker broadcasts have intensified.
- On Monday, North Korea's Kim Yo Jong announced the country is considering resuming loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea, describing the inter-Korean border as "very unstable."
- Kim accused the South Korean military of firing at North Korean troops and transmitting warnings over loudspeakers, characterizing these actions as "escalating" military provocations along the border.
- In a statement issued through the Korean Central News Agency, Kim said military leadership is reviewing the deployment of "additional tactical weapons" and "tactical strike" assets along the border.
- After a six-year pause, the technique resumed in June 2024; Seoul previously claimed the broadcasts could be heard as much as six miles across the border.
- On Thursday, the test-firing of Zam-2, a "super-speed, precisely guided" system, heralded a "significant" change in Pyongyang's naval capabilities following more than 180 evaluations over five years.
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North Korea threatens to restart propaganda broadcasts, deploy more weapons at border with South
Earlier this month, South Korea formally blamed North Korea-planted mines for the Sept. 21 blasts at the border, urging the North to apologise and remove other mines. That announcement came after North Korea denied responsibility for the explosions and warned of strong retaliation if provoked.
North Korea threatened on Monday to resume propaganda broadcasts over loudspeakers and deploy more weapons along the border with South Korea.
North Korea is considering deploying additional tactical strike weapons along its southern border and resuming loudspeaker broadcasts against South Korea, Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). “The situation along the southern border is currently very unstable,” Kim Yo-jong said, according to Reuters. She accused the South Korean milita…
North Korea threatened on Monday to resume broadcasting propaganda over loudspeakers and deploy more weapons along the border with South Korea, as the two sides continued to clash over landmine explosions last month that injured three South Korean soldiers.
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Seoul carried out 2,870 warnings via loudspeakers and fired 201 warning shots from August 1 to October 17.
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