Seoul says North Korea moving to blow up cross-border roads
Seoul says North Korea moving to blow up cross-border roads
South Korea says it has detected preparations by North Korea to blow up its sections of inter-Korean roads. Tensions have been soaring between the two countries in recent weeks.
South Korea says it has detected preparations by North Korea to blow up its sections of inter-Korean roads. Tensions have been soaring between the two countries in recent weeks.
South Korean officials said on Monday that they had gathered intelligence indicating that the North was preparing to demolish its half of roads that connect the two countries.
"They have installed screens on the road and are working behind those screens, preparing to blow up the roads," Lee Sung Joon, a spokesperson for South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters.
He said the operation could take place as soon as Monday.
The move follows weeks of soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea has accused South Korea of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets over its territory three times, and threatened to respond with force if it happens again.
Oh for fucks sake, now this?? Can we all just take a step back and calm down, between 'US/Taiwan/China', 'Ukraine/Russia' and 'Israel/Every Decent Person' my ability to worry about new things is at it's limit, kindly give it a month then try this again okay Kim?
Oh for fucks sake, now this?? Can we all just take a step back and calm down, between ‘US/Taiwan/China’, ‘Ukraine/Russia’ and
I suppose sealing the border may be related, as North Korea is also sending soldiers to Ukraine, and this happened at about the same time.
That being said, it's also true that North Korea pretty regularly does attention-getting things, and I suppose that it's not impossible that this is one of those.
This isn't even that attention getting. North Korea has consistently stated over the past few years that they no longer entertain the idea of reunification.
Blowing up internal roads isn't that provocative.
Dude, getting rid of some roads isn't going to start WWIII.
North Korea probably just needs money again and they ran out of rockets to shoot into the ocean, which is what they usually do when they need money.
It's not, but I don't think it's money.
Putin told kju the west was weak, and now was the time to strike, just like he told Xi in 2022.
Kju will posture because he isn't sure whether to believe or not, and mildly ratting his saber covers all eventualities.
Iran was similar, as was Hamas, putin is pushing for maximum instability in hopes that the west will decide supporting Ukraine is too risky.
The problem is: we've see this all before, appeasement doesn't bring peace, it just encourages more war.
This is really part of Putin's whole contingency plan of forming a counter to nato, with all the worst outcasts and China, because he figured half the world would rally around him after kyiv fell.
As someone who was in the infantry and knows a LOT of soldiers stationed at the DMZ, this shit is not news.
No, them posturing surely isn't. I'm just at the point where it's just a little bit much to add "nuclear power throwing a tantrum in the grocery store aisle of geopolitics" on top of everything else
"How they DARE to even think to have some trade with us???? Fuck them, we will blow our own roads and rails, this will teach them a lesson!" - the geniuses in command
Yeah, this is such a silly move, lol. I mean, sure, SK wouldn't be able to use them. But, neither would your army... In a sense, you're admitting that if it came to a war, you're not strong enough to launch an offensive campaign and are preparing to immediately go on the defense. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless your government's propaganda is constantly talking up how glorious and powerful your leader and military are.
Assuming they go through with it, it's is a pretty clear message that diplomatic attempts are at an end. These roads haven't been used in years because of how insane the north koreans are, but removing them only impacts civilian transit - militaries, even hilariously inept ones like the DPRK, have the ability to lay transit paths in minutes (or may not even need them, military vehicles being known for their offroad capability). And that's not even including the famed 'invasion tunnels', or that a ground assault isn't needed when 20% of your population is within the effective range of thousands (yes, thousands) of already emplaced artillery pieces.
At least that means they don't plan to use them for an invasion soon?
All the adversaries to US hegemony came to the conclusion that the US cannot be everywhere at once. So now they are weakened and possibly turn isolationist.. this is the time to start testing the fences for there might be an opportunity opening up soon.
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