North Korea threatens to restart propaganda broadcasts and deploy more weapons at the border with South Korea

Summary

North Korea has threatened to resume propaganda broadcasts and deploy more weapons along the border with South Korea, ABC News and PBS NewsHour reported on Monday 19 October, PBS NewsHour speaking of propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts. The rivals remain locked in animosities over last month's mine blasts that injured three South Korean soldiers, according to ABC News, and PBS NewsHour reported that earlier this month South Korea blamed North Korea-planted mines for the blasts of 21 September at the border, urging the North to apologize and remove other mines. On Wednesday 21 October, North Korean state media said the sister of leader Kim Jong Un had visited frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the heavily armed border with South Korea, as tensions rise with the South, ABC News reported, and the LA Times reported that North Korea says it will restart border propaganda broadcasts, a statement made by Kim Yo Jong, widely viewed as the second most powerful official in Pyongyang, who renewed a threat to retaliate against any South Korean provocation targeting the fortification work.

Latest: North Korean state media said the sister of leader Kim Jong Un visited frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the heavily armed border with South Korea, ABC News reported, and the LA Times reported that North Korea says it will restart border propaganda broadcasts, Kim Yo Jong, widely viewed as the second most powerful official in Pyongyang, renewing a threat to retaliate against any South Korean provocation targeting the fortification work.

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