North Korea's Kim Yo-jong Says 'New Countermeasures on Standby' Along All Borders, Warns Again of Resuming Loudspeaker Broadcasts

Kim Yo-jong, director of the General Affairs Department of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, once again pushed back against the South Korean military's warning shots fired in response to North Korean troops crossing the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), stating that "new countermeasures" have entered a mission standby posture along all borders and that loudspeakers aimed at South Korea will also be placed on standby within days.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported today (October 22) that Director Kim said she "issued the following warning once again after a person calling himself South Korea's Blue House special advisor for national defense policy made a presumptuous response on October 21."

Kim said, "Along the entire border, our new countermeasures will enter a mission standby posture, and the loudspeakers directed toward South Korea will also enter a standby state within days."

Kim claimed, "Within the territory where our sovereignty is exercised, border perpetuation construction in accordance with our objectives will undoubtedly continue successfully," adding, "Once the border is fortified, the risk of military clashes between North and South Korea will significantly decrease, and many complicated problems will be resolved."

She repeatedly justified the border fortification work, stating, "We are not 'provoking,' but rather making a legitimate response," and threatened, "If they make even a momentary 'mistake'—whether intentional or unintentional—out of pathological bravado, they will have to be prepared for everything at that time."

Kim directed harsh language and poured out criticism especially toward Representative Kim Byung-joo of the Democratic Party of Korea, who serves as the Blue House special advisor for national defense policy.

Earlier on the previous day (October 21), Representative Kim criticized Director Kim via social media for foreshadowing the operation of loudspeakers toward the South, calling it "shameless, brazen behavior of blaming the victim" and demanding an apology for North Korea's provocations against the South.

Kim denounced, "I have never seen figures as foolish and pathetic as those who have boarded the 'cart' of the current administration," adding, "The person calling himself the Blue House special advisor for national defense policy should stop babbling and shut his mouth immediately."

She retorted, "A minnow-like character who does not even know the meaning of the phrase 'blaming the victim' is babbling irresponsibly," adding, "Firing guns at people who have not shot a single round and then crying provocation—that is what should be called blaming the victim."

Kim also repeatedly deflected responsibility for the landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), calling the South "shameless, senseless, irrational, and illogical imbeciles who brought about a suspicion-laden incident, shed blood, yet shift the blame to others, and brazenly meddle even when someone is building a fence around their own house."

In a statement yesterday (October 21), Kim took issue with the South Korean military's response when North Korean troops crossed the MDL, foreshadowing that loudspeaker broadcasts toward the South would be put into operation along the entire border within this month (October).
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