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North Korea's Kim Yo-jong has claimed that the situation along the Military Demarcation Line is extremely unstable, asserting that a chilling phase is being created. Taking issue with the South Korean military issuing warning broadcasts and firing warning shots at North Korean soldiers crossing the Military Demarcation Line, she stated that Pyongyang is considering resuming loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea.
Reporter Kim Ayeong has the report.
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In a statement released on the evening of October 19, Kim Yo-jong, a vice department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea, referred to the South Korean military as "military gangsters" and stated that a chilling phase is developing along what Pyongyang calls the southern border line, or the Military Demarcation Line area.
Kim claimed that the South Korean military found fault with North Korean soldiers mobilized for border barrier construction by accusing them of "crossing the line," and conducted 2,870 warning loudspeaker broadcasts and fired warning shots 201 times between August 1 and October 17.
The South Korean military has responded to North Korean soldiers crossing the Military Demarcation Line during "border fortification" work—which involves laying landmines and erecting wire fences along the line—by first issuing warning broadcasts and then firing warning shots.
Kim specifically claimed that frequent warning broadcasts occurred in areas monitored by the Army's 2nd Corps 7th and 15th Infantry Divisions, while warning shots were fired in sectors overseen by the 3rd Corps 21st Infantry Division.
She also asserted that this situation demonstrates that the Lee Jae-myung administration's "anti-republic confrontation schemes" far surpass those of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, which openly encouraged anti-communism, while issuing threats by mentioning physical follow-up measures.
As examples of such measures, she cited the reinforced deployment of tactical strike assets along the southern border and reviewing the resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts against South Korea.
This marks the first time North Korea has issued threats by specifically citing follow-up measures since the landmine explosion incident in the Demilitarized Zone on September 21.
(Video by Wi Won-yang)
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