Footage released by South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense shows the infinitesimal North Korea blew up roads connecting it to South Korea.
It comes aft Pyongyang vowed past week to chopped disconnected the roads and railways erstwhile seen arsenic symbols of inter-Korean cooperation, successful a bid to “completely separate” the 2 countries.
The Korean People’s Army (KPA) described the determination arsenic “a self-defensive measurement for inhibiting war”, claiming it was successful effect to warfare exercises successful South Korea and the predominant beingness of American atomic assets successful the region.
It marks an escalation of hostility astatine a clip erstwhile tensions betwixt the Koreas are astatine their highest constituent successful years.