Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“South Korea’s military has announced it is ‘fully ready’ to respond amid reports that North Korean troops have been deployed to the border and are getting ready to blow up roads connecting the two nations along the heavily militarised dividing line. Tensions have escalated in recent days as the nuclear-armed North accused Seoul of flying drones over its capital to drop propaganda leaflets filled with ‘inflammatory rumours and rubbish,’ and warned that if another drone was detected, it would consider it ‘a declaration of war.’ South Korean military spokesman Lee Sung-jun told reporters in Seoul on Monday they are in ‘full readiness’ against the possibility of ‘a provocation’ after Pyongyang ordered artillery units along the border to open fire in case of an escalation.” (10/14/24)