South Korea’s Joint Staff Headquarters -JointoStafftaff)15, said DPRKdprk at around 12:00 in the day north of the inter-korean Military Demarcation Line blew up part of the inter-korean highway. South Korea has also released a video of North Korea blasting. For the South Korean side, North Korea has no immediate response. Earlier, according to KCNA, Vice Minister of Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Yo-jung, made four consecutive speeches from the 12th to the 15th, harshly accused of“South Korean drone intrusion over Pyongyang incident” by the South Korean military-led, and the United States and South Korea issued an“Ultimatum” warning. North Korean defense ministry spokesman also warned that the Korean People’s Army has instructed the Military Demarcation Line near the frontline troops to enter a “Full firing readiness.”. In this regard, 15 gyeonggi-do South Korea designated part of the border area as a dangerous area, and strictly prohibit and combat the spread of anti-dprk leaflets to the DPRK. On the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said on the 15th that China, as a close neighbor on the peninsula, is concerned about the situation on the peninsula and the development of inter-korean relations, the tension on the peninsula did not serve the common interests of all parties and it was imperative to avoid further escalation of the conflict. China is committed to maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula and has no change in its position on promoting a political settlement of the peninsula issue. We also hope that all parties will make joint efforts to this end.
South Korea said it was closely monitoring North Korean military developments
North Korea blew up a section of a highway linking the two Koreas at around 12:00 p.m. North of the Military Demarcation Line, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday, Yonhap news agency reported. Liancan said, North Korean troops in the Gyeongyi Line and the East China Sea Line, the inter-korean highway connection area of the suspected bombing of the inter-korean road link acts, and the use of heavy equipment to carry out follow-up operations.
A road near the North Korean border city of Kaesong was blown up, sending out white and gray smoke, according to video footage provided by the South Korean military Monday, Reuters reported. Video footage shows trucks and excavators clearing the remains of the roadbed after the blast. Another video showed smoke rising from a coastal road near the North Korean border. South Korea said the explosions did not cause any damage to the South Korean side of the Military Demarcation Line, although it had appealed to people in villages and towns close to the Military Demarcation Line not to move for the time being.
A roadblock is erected at a military checkpoint on the unification bridge to Kaesong, North Korea, in Paju, South Korea, Oct. 14,2010.
Yonhap news agency said the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued a statement on the 9th, announced that with immediate effect, completely cut off the railway and road links with South Korea, and to carry out fortifications of defense facilities. According to this speculation, North Korea may soon build defense facilities here. Reported that the North Korean Conseil d’Etat chairman Kim Jong-un previously defined inter-korean relations as “Hostile relations between the two countries”, the north began to cut off inter-korean links.
During the détente between North and South Korea in the early 2000s, the two countries reopened two connecting roads and two railways across the heavily guarded Military Demarcation Line, according to CBS. But later, inter-korean dispute, these road and rail operations have been suspended. Yonhap said that after the destruction of a number of inter-korean highways, the current inter-korean link only the road to the Panmunjom Joint Security Area.
South Korea’s joongang Ilbo newspaper said Thursday that Republic of Korea Armed Forces had launched a “Counter-attack” south of the Military Demarcation Line after North Korea blew up parts of a highway linking the two Koreas. Republic of Korea Armed Forces said he was closely monitoring the movement of the North Korean military and had strengthened its surveillance and alert posture in cooperation with South Korea and the US to maintain its full readiness.
South Korea, 14, also said the joint staff headquarters, in response to North Korea to raise the level of military threat, has been issued to his troops to strengthen the monitoring of the north and fire-ready guidelines. According to Yonhap, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Republic of Korea Armed Forces was closely monitoring the movement of the North Korean army and establishing a defensive posture, but could not disclose specific actions.
South Korean unification ministry issued a position paper on the 15th, accusing the DPRK this move in violation of inter-korean agreements, serious violations of common sense, the ROK strongly condemned this. The unification ministry said North Korea had unilaterally blown up the inter-korean liaison office, which had been in operation for more than a year, four years ago on the grounds that South Korean non-governmental organisations had dropped anti-north Korean leaflets on the north. This was a“Repetition of the same tactic”. The South Korean side of the DPRK“Continue to drive back the history of the acts of indignation, related responsibility entirely in the DPRK.”. Unification Ministry also said that the Gyeongyi line, East China Sea Line railway and road construction is the inter-korean summit in 2000 follow-up measures, but also the most representative inter-korean cooperation projects. South Korea was requested by the DPRK, in the form of loans to its equivalent of 132.9 million U. S. dollars of equipment and materials, South Korea reiterated that the DPRK repayment obligations still exist.
Why has North Korea reacted so violently
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post said Monday that North Korea blew up a road linking South Korea after it accused the south of flying a drone over its capital, Pyongyang. Last week, North Korea accused South Korea of using drones to drop anti-north Korean propaganda leaflets in the capital, Pyongyang. The North Korean leader held a defense security conference and directed the development of a response plan for“Immediate military action.”. North Korea had put its front-line artillery and other troops on standby, warning that any further sighting of South Korean drones would be considered a“Declaration of war” and would strike the south.
North Korea’s foreign ministry issued a major statement, said 11, “Will not hesitate to pull the trigger to safeguard sovereignty and security.”. The statement said South Korea October 3,9 and 10 will be unmanned aircraft into the air over Pyongyang, dropped a large number of anti-dprk leaflets. It was not enough for South Korea to drop anti-north Korean leaflets over the border with balloons. “This incident is a major provocation that can not be tolerated,” it said. The statement warned that North Korea is ready to use all means of attack, as an ultimatum to South Korea issued a serious warning. If South Korea again sent a drone violations of North Korean airspace to provoke, North Korean military“Will not do a second warning, immediate action.”.
Meanwhile, Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea vice-minister Kim Yo-jong from 12 to 15, the fourth consecutive day of “South Korean drone invasion of Pyongyang airspace,” the speech. Kim said Wednesday that the South Korean military was responsible for a hostile act of aggression that invaded the airspace of the North Korean capital, and that the north had“Solid evidence” that“The provocateurs will pay a heavy price,” KCNA reported. On the 13th, the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued a Combat Readiness Directive, ordering the joint artillery force near the border and troops with important firepower duties to enter “Full firing readiness.”.
South Korea has been through balloons to the North Korean Air dropped anti-dprk leaflets, North Korea is floating to the south in response to the“Garbage Balloon” as a response, this time North Korea’s response so fierce? Drones have been used as the most important weapons in the 21st-century wars, The Hankyoreh said Monday. Unlike the balloon leaflets South Korea sent to North Korea, North Korea characterized the drone infiltration as a“Military Attack Act,” That’s because South Korean drones have arrived in central Pyongyang, where the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea headquarters are. Reported that the inter-korean“Psychological War” has become the norm, including the South Korean North Korea to distribute leaflets, North Korea to the south korean air floating“Garbage balloon” and so on. But if a drone loaded with warheads rather than leaflets arrives in central Pyongyang, it could mean a more dangerous situation.
Russia: South Korea should“Take North Korea’s warning seriously”
Bloomberg said it was not the first time Pyongyang had carried out a similar operation. In 2020, it demolished the Korean Peninsula Liaison Office in what was seen as an attempt to draw the world’s greatest attention without risking war. The report said the North’s bombing of the road linking the two Koreas was largely symbolic following Kim Jong-un’s announcement that the concept of “Peaceful reunification” would be removed from state policy positions. Analysts say that while the incidents reflect rising tensions on the peninsula, they do not represent an imminent military conflict. “The Ewha Womans University was a symbolic move to emphasise that Pyongyang now views the south as an enemy,” said Park won-chien, professor of international relations at the South Korean Institute of International Relations. “But this is not a direct provocation against South Korea, so it is unlikely that Seoul will overreact to this and raise tensions further.”
However, concerns remain in several border areas south of the Military Demarcation Line. South Korea’s Gyeonggi-do government announced on the 15th that it has decided to designate 11 areas in Paju, Gimpo and Yeoncheon County as dangerous areas in order to protect people in the border areas, it banned non-governmental organization from dropping leaflets and other items into the country. Kim Sung-jong, Gyeonggi Province’s first deputy governor, said at a media briefing the same day that North Korea had recently dropped “Garbage balloons” into South Korea and accused “Republic of Korea Armed Forces’s drones of infiltrating Pyongyang”, this, coupled with the fact that the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army has given instructions to frontline troops to prepare to fire, does not rule out the possibility that the North Korean army will launch an artillery attack when the south organizes the distribution of anti-north Korean leaflets. He said Gyeonggi Province planned to deploy special judicial police units in dangerous areas, crack down on the distribution of anti-north Korean leaflets and seriously pursue accountability. In accordance with the Basic Law on disaster and safety management, when the persons concerned who distribute leaflets to the DPRK enter or leave dangerous areas or violate other prohibitions or restrictions, the penalty is a prison term of up to one year or a fine of up to 10 million won (52,000 yuan) .
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen since North Korea accused South Korea of repeatedly flying a drone over Pyongyang earlier this month, the Russian satellite news agency reported Monday. Zacharová, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman, said in a statement that the south’s actions were a “Flagrant violation” of North Korean sovereignty. Zacharová urged the South Korean authorities “To take Pyongyang’s warning extremely seriously and to stop escalating tensions on the peninsula with reckless provocative actions in order to prevent the situation from further escalating and causing a real armed incident”. “Only political and diplomatic means, based on the principle of indivisible security, can ensure lasting peace and stability in the region,” she stressed. Unless military aggression is indeed the ultimate goal of South Korea and its ally the United States, there is no alternative.”