Seoul Says North Korea Border Work Violates Armistice
South Korea said the North has built fences and laid mines within 90 meters of the Military Demarcation Line, calling it an armistice breach.
- On Monday, South Korea's military denounced North Korea's border fortification work as a violation of the armistice agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War, citing reports of new fencing and mines built dangerously close to the Military Demarcation Line.
- According to a report published Monday, the North has installed barbed-wire fencing roughly 80 to 90 meters from the MDL and cleared land for mine-laying as close as 5 to 10 meters away.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared the South a "hostile state" in late 2023, subsequently increasing troops mobilized for border work from about 1,000 last year to 5,000 this year.
- While Defense Ministry spokeswoman Chung Bin-na labeled the activity a violation, the United Nations Command stated such defensive measures "do not automatically constitute" a breach of the armistice agreement.
- President Lee Jae Myung aims to improve inter-Korean relations, even as the defense buildup persists within the Demilitarized Zone, which extends 2 kilometers on either side of the border.
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Ministry of National Defense and UN Command at Rivals, This Time Over North Korea's Armistice Agreement Violation. North Korea Installs Barbed Wire Fence 80m Ahead of Military Demarcation Line; Joint Chiefs of Staff Claims Agreement Is Not Violated, UN Command Denies. Our military authorities and the United Nations Command have presented conflicting positions regarding the North Korean military's fence installation work along the Military Demarc…
South Korean military alleges North’s border fortification violates armistice
North Korea has continued to fortify its side of the border by constructing miles of roads and barbed wire fencing, an act the South’s military condemned on Monday as a violation of the two countries’ Armistice Agreement. North Korea installed a 10-kilometer barrier above the Northern Limit Line, the maritime boundary between the two Koreas, […]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Hyo-jeong = As part of its efforts to border and fortify the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), North Korea is installing barbed wire fences in locations close to the MDL...
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