Kim Yo Jong said she had ordered the military to prepare for an unspecified “next action”. (Representative)
Seoul:
The North Korean military is ready to take action if defector groups continue their campaign to send propaganda leaflets to North Korea, media reported on Tuesday in the latest warning of retaliatory measures.
The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) said it was studying an “action plan” to reintegrate the demilitarized zones as part of a 2018 inter-Korean pact and “transform the front line in a fortress “.
“Our army will quickly and fully implement all party and government orders and orders,” the KPA said in a statement issued by the official news agency KCNA.
Tensions have increased as Pyongyang threatened to sever inter-Korean ties and take retaliatory measures on leaflets, which carry critical messages against North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including human rights violations. ‘man.
The Seoul Defense Ministry called on Pyongyang to abide by the 2018 agreement, in which the two sides’ armed forces swore to cease “all hostile acts” and dismantled a number of structures along the heavily demilitarized zone fortified between the two countries.
“We are taking the situation seriously,” ministry spokesperson Choi Hyun-soo said at a media availability. “Our soldiers maintain their readiness to be able to respond to all situations.”
Several groups led by defectors have regularly returned flyers, as well as food, $ 1 bills, mini-radios, and USB sticks containing South Korean drama and news, usually by balloon over the border or in bottles by river.
Kim Yo Jong’s sister Kim, a senior official in the ruling Workers’ Party, said on Saturday that she had ordered the military to prepare for an unspecified “next action”.
South Korea is planning legal action against two of the defector groups, claiming that their actions fuel cross-border tensions, pose risks to residents living near the border, and cause environmental damage.
But the groups say they plan to continue their campaign planned for this week.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday asked Pyongyang to continue the peace deals reached by the two leaders and to resume dialogue.
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