North Korean leader’s sister inspects border fortifications as tensions rise with the South
Kim Yo Jong said new firepower units have taken positions at the border, as North Korea warned troops to respond with overwhelming force to any provocation.
- On Tuesday, North Korean Army Marshal Pak Jong-chon and Kim Yo-jong, sister of leader Kim Jong-un, inspected border fortifications along the Military Demarcation Line to ensure the frontier becomes 'eternally impregnable.'
- North Korea began reinforcing the border with barbed-wire fences and anti-tank barriers in April 2024, following leader Kim Jong-un's declaration that the two Koreas are 'two states hostile to each other.'
- Pak Jong-chon dismissed border-crossing claims as 'deliberate, premeditated and absurd,' while Kim Yo-jong reported that new firepower units have 'taken their firing positions' at the frontier.
- Pyongyang ordered border troops to take 'prompt and resolute action' if South Korean forces threaten their safety, raising clash risks as Seoul vowed to punish 'resolutely' any further provocation.
- Tensions remain high along the Demilitarized Zone, which has separated the two countries since the 1953 Korean War armistice, with relations deteriorating after land mine explosions last month injured three South Korean soldiers.
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North Korean leader’s sister inspects border fortifications as tensions rise with the South
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister visited frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the heavily armed border with South Korea and renewed a threat to retaliate against any South Korean provocation targeting the fortification work, state media said Wednesday. Tensions between the war-divided rivals have risen since three South...
From anti-tank barriers to firing sites, North Korea is painting a more military border with its southern neighbour, while the Koreans exchange accusations and threats in a climate of further escalation.
Tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang have intensified since South Korea blamed its northern neighbour last month for an explosion in the demilitarized zone between the two countries with North Korean landmines. Pyongyang rejects this accusation.
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