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These North Korean activities could increase tensions between the South and the North, and it is important that this does not lead to an escalation,
said Kazuhiko Aoki, deputy chief cabinet secretary The government will do its utmost to collect, analyze and monitor necessary information on future developments in North Korea,
Aoki told a regular briefing in Tokyo The military is closely monitoring North Korean activities and has reinforced surveillance and alert posture in cooperation with the U.S., maintaining a state of full readiness,
If North Korea undertakes a provocation, we will strongly retaliate in terms of our right to self defense,
We clearly know that the military dregs of the [Republic of Korea] are chiefly to blame for the case of drone infiltration into Pyongyang,
Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un and vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, said earlier this week It is deplorable that North Korea is repeatedly conducting such regressive behaviour,
ministry spokesperson Koo Byoung-sam told a briefing North Korea has detonated parts of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads north of the Military Demarcation Line,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday, referring to inter-Korean infrastructure that once connected the two countries The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price,
North Korea still has repayment obligations regarding this funding,
The acute military situation prevailing on the Korean peninsula requires the armed forces of the DPRK to take a more resolute and stronger measure in order to more creditably defend the national security,
he said in the KCNA notice that referred to North Korea by the initials of its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un wants domestic and international audiences to believe he is acting out of military strength, but he may actually be motivated by political weakness,
This is a practical military measure related to the hostile dual-state system that North Korea has frequently mentioned,
Yang Moo-jin, president of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, told AFP North Korea is likely to engage in strong provocations along the border if there is a recurrence of drone infiltrations,
There has been no damage to our military, and our forces conducted counter-fire in areas south of the MDL,
The North Korean military conducted detonations, assumed to be aimed at cutting off the Gyeongui and Donghae roads, at around noon and is carrying out additional activities using heavy equipment,
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement reported by local media on Tuesday Indeed, if I were planning an invasion, I would not blow up the routes into the south,
Most of the inter-Korean roads have been closed off since 1953 anyway,
said Jim Hoare, a historian and former British diplomat in North Korea I believe that it is a mistake that we should no longer make to consider the people who declare us as the 'main enemy'... as a counterpart for reconciliation and unification,
But it allows them to do so in such a way that grabs attention without inviting a military response,
The moment that a drone of [South Korea] is discovered in the sky over our capital city once again it will certainly lead to a horrible disaster,
Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, released a stern warning on Monday ... she said