North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
Associated PressOCT 20 2024
South Korea's military said Monday that it's "fully ready" to respond to reports that the North is deploying artillery troops to the border, allegedly a response to reports of South Korean drones dropping propaganda leaflets over the border.According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea has blown up areas of an inter-Korean road north of the military demarcation line.
A South Korean military spokesperson said the North has "installed screens on the road and is working behind those screens, preparing to blow up the roads" near the border between the two countries.This comes after South Korea's military said Monday that it's "fully ready" to respond to reports that the North is deploying artillery troops to the border, allegedly a response to reports of South Korean drones dropping propaganda leaflets over the border.
Pyongyang, who on Friday reportedly warned Seoul to stop sending unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the North, was also quoted as ordering the "transfer [of] eight artillery brigades fully armed to the wartime readiness level to a firing standby by 8 p.m. on Sunday."A South Korean military spokesperson had said the North "installed screens on the road" and had been working behind them, "preparing to blow up the roads" near the border between the two countries.
Pyongyang has every right to assert control over its sovereign territory. Not only is the South dropping propaganda leaflets into enemy territory, but it's doing so by flying drones all the way into North Korea's capital city. This is clearly a national security threat that must be dealt with by the North Korean defense forces.
Pyongyang is throwing a fit over leaflets that contain anti-Kim Jong Un messages. Besides the fact that these are just words, the only evidence of drones has been a single black-and-white photo of a winged object in the sky. South Korea has dealt with incoming North Korean drones for years, so for Kim to threaten bombs over this is uncalled for.