North Korea rips up all land links to South and announces new border measures
Probably scared..............
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Oct 9, 2024 8:50 AM EDT
North Korea rips up all land links to South and announces new border measures
North Korea's military has announced plans to cut off all road and rail connections with South Korea, while reinforcing the border with "defense structures."
Pyongyang, North Korea - North Korea's military has announced plans to cut off all road and rail connections with South Korea, Pyongyang's state media reported on Wednesday.
North Korean state media announced Pyongyang's move to sever all rail and road connections to South Korea on Wednesday. © via REUTERS
The North Korean general staff said the border will also be reinforced with "strong defense structures," and the measures will take effect immediately, state-controlled KCNA news agency reported.
These actions, North Korea says, are aimed at safeguarding national security and preventing war.
The state media reported that the North Korean army sent a telephone message "to the US forces side" at 9:45 AM local time to avoid any misunderstandings or "accidental conflict over the fortification process."
The South Korean military said that in recent months, North Korea had already laid tens of thousands of landmines along the border.
North Korea's closure of the remaining road and rail links is considered largely symbolic, as there has been no direct exchange across the heavily militarized border between the two countries for several years.
However, this wasn't always the case. During a brief period of reconciliation in the early 2000s, North Korea opened the Kaesong special zone, where South Korean companies employed North Korean workers to produce goods like textiles. North Korea also welcomed thousands of South Korean tourists to the scenic Kumgang Mountains.
The tone has since shifted. At a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at the end of 2023, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un described inter-Korean relations as being between two warring states. He also called for South Korea to be designated as the main enemy in the country's constitution.
The two countries have since been trading tit-for-tat provocations over the border, while Pyongyang continues to develop its weapons arsenal.
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I think they fear, since it is being highly publicized now, that they fear trouble since they are helping Russia...........
That was my first thought, too. My second thought was they are trying to keep all the potential cannon fodder in. I've long thought that at some point N Korea will overplay their hand and war will ensue. I'm hoping that's not what's happening now, but some day it will happen. Rumor has it Kim's little sister is crazier and more blood thirsty than him.
I've heard that as well.................and that's saying one hell of a lot
When she takes over will she get fat too?
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Dunno about that, but every time I see her in a photo, she pretty much scares the crap out of me. The cold eyes of a reptile. Like she's trying to figure out what recipe to use you in.
And start using his hair dooooo
Along with ice water in her veins...
N. Korea's "defenses" along the DMZ have been falling apart for years. Several defectors who crossed stated many of the munitions / obstacles they come across were so old and rusted that they really serve no purpose outside of a feeble visual warning and were easy to overcome.
The only war in North Korea's future is the one they themselves start.
If they did invade South Korea, what would the USA do, other than what they have been doing for both Ukraine and Israel?
US forces in South Korea are considered a speed bump to try to slow down invading North Korean forces long enough to get more firepower into the region.
If Ukraine is any measure, we, with our arrayed arsenal, will pummel them back to the stone age, which their isolation has left them almost there already.
If our weaponry can bring Russia to a stalemate, I can't see ole lil' Kimmy being this tremendous adversary. Many N Koreans will die, and yes, we would unfortunately lose some brave men and women, for sure, thus why we want not any wars, but we would, as you stated, come to the Souths rescue
I suppose that as long as the American soldiers aren't Jewish there won't be demonstrations and protests in support of the North Korean women and children "collateral damage".