North Korea's Kim Yo-jong: "Southern Border in a Chilling Situation, Reviewing Resumption of Loudspeaker Broadcasts Toward South Korea"

Kim Yo-jong, a department director of North Korea's Workers' Party, claimed that the situation along the so-called southern border—the area around the Military Demarcation Line in the Demilitarized Zone—is extremely unstable, stating that "a chilling situation is developing."

Director Kim made the remarks today (October 19) in a statement titled "We Do Not Defend Our Sovereignty with Words."

Referring to the South Korean military as "gangsters" and "warmongers," Kim claimed that the South Korean military took issue with North Korean soldiers mobilized for "border barrier construction" for allegedly "crossing the line," conducting 2,870 loudspeaker warning broadcasts and 201 warning shots between August 1 and October 17.

The South Korean military has responded by broadcasting warnings and firing warning shots whenever North Korean troops cross the Military Demarcation Line during "border fortification" work, such as laying landmines and erecting barbed-wire fences around the Military Demarcation Line.

Aiming at the South Korean military, Kim claimed, "In particular, between October 15 and 17, they simultaneously carried out grave acts escalating tensions, delivering more than 350 provocative warning broadcasts over loudspeakers and firing about 60 warning shots."

She specifically singled out the 7th and 15th Infantry Divisions of the Army's 2nd Corps as areas where warning broadcasts were frequent, and pointed to the 21st Infantry Division of the 3rd Corps as a location where intense warning shots were fired.

Kim further claimed, "This shows that the Lee Jae-myung administration's confrontational maneuvers against the Republic far surpass even the Yoon Suk Yeol administration, an evil conservative regime that blatantly inspired anti-communism."

She then raised the possibility of follow-up measures.

Kim stated that North Korea is "reviewing the deployment of additional tactical strike assets near the entire southern border to prepare for any contingency as a preemptive and overwhelming measure, as well as the resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts toward South Korea."

Kim also issued a "stern warning" to the South Korean military, adding, "Let me emphasize once again, we do not defend our sovereignty with words."
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