BEIJING: North Korea's North-South Link Road bombing Criticized as South Korea "deplorable" = "Full responsibility to the North"
South Korea's Unification Ministry issued a statement saying it "strongly condemns" North Korea's bombing of a section of a north-south connecting road north of the military
North Korea blew up the Kyongwi and Donghae lines of the North-south link on the 15th.North Korea has claimed the "invasion of Pyongyang by a South Korean drone" and has even completely cut off the road that connects the two Koreas amid rising tensions between the two koreas.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the "Council on Defense and Security" and made clear his "hard・line political and military position."South Korean military officials responded to the road bombing with a response shot.The Unification Ministry said it was a "regressive act" and accused North Korea of "all responsibility."The situation on the Korean Peninsula is becoming extremely dangerous.
"The North Korean military blew up a section north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) on the Gyeonggi and Donghae lines of the North・south link at around noon today," the Joint General Staff said.North Korea dug dozens of holes from 10 meters ahead of the military demarcation line to 70 meters on the Gyeonggi Line and a slightly shorter section on the Donghae line, and installed tens of kilometers of TNT in each hole to blow it up.According to Gassan, 2 excavators and 4-5 dumpers were mobilized on 2 roads to blow up.The 6-meter-high vinyl cover installed in the area did not prevent debris from splashing on the south side, but the South Korean military said there was no damage."The South Korean military is strengthening its surveillance and vigilance posture," he said, adding that it had conducted "warning broadcasts and response shots in areas south of the military demarcation line."
After North Korea cut off the Gyeonggi and Donghae lines of the railway on May 8, it blew up a section of the Gyeonggi and Donghae lines of the road on this day, and all the land transportation routes connecting the two Koreas, which were symbols of the Inter-Korean reconciliation era, disappeared.North Korea is expected to build fortifications to build concrete barriers on the severed North-south link.
The road bombing is the first step taken after Kim Jong Un's declaration of a "hard・line political and military position."Kim convened a meeting on the 14th of this month and described the "drone situation" as a "serious provocation against the sovereignty of the Republic by the enemy," the Labor Newspaper reported on the 15th.When Kim received a report from the Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army on the military action plan in response to the drone situation, he clarified "significant tasks to be adhered to in the operation of war deterrence and the exercise of the right of self-defense to protect the sovereignty and security interests of the country," the newspaper said.
On the afternoon of the 15th, Kim Yo Jong, deputy director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said in a speech on the 3rd anniversary of the drone incident, "We have secured clear evidence that the South Korean military's yakuza are the main perpetrators of provocative acts of hostile sovereignty infringement over the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," adding that "the provocateurs will pay a big price."However, Deputy Director Kim did not disclose what kind of evidence he secured.
South Korea strongly criticized North Korea."All responsibility lies with North Korea, which carried out dangerous bombings near the military demarcation line," the official said.The Unification Ministry said that the road bombing was "an obvious violation of the North-South agreement, a very abnormal measure, and I strongly condemn it."He said it was "another example of the act of unilaterally blowing up the Inter-Korean joint Liaison office overnight 4 years ago on the grounds of a leaflet against North Korea," adding that "it is deplorable to see the repeated regressive behavior."
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