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| A report on the explosions on South Korean TV [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo] |
The latest moves come after Pyongyang (the capital of North Korea) accused South Korea of sending drones containing propaganda leaflets over the capital of North Korea (Pyongyang).
According to the South Korean military, North Korea has blown unused roads that link North Korea and South Korea.
Joint Chiefs of Staff told media on Tuesday that some parts of the road north of the military barrier border dividing both countries were blown up at about midday (03:00 GMT). It said, The military fired warning shots on the south of the barrier border.
On Monday, Seoul (the capital of South Korea) had warned that Pyongyang (the capital of North Korea) was arranging to blow up the roads.
Since North Korea accused South Korea of sending drones with propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang (the capital of North Korea), the pressure on the Korean Peninsula has risen.
The South Korean military has released the footage of the blast.
In one video, North Korean soldiers were spotted in military uniforms setting up what appeared to be cameras on tripods ahead of the blast, which blew up sections of Gyeongui Road along surging smoke and dust clouds.
More footage apparently after the blast showed some diggers digging while North Korean soldiers worked nearby. Some footage showed North Korea blowing Donghae Road on the east coast.
Both the roads had been closed for a long time.
Analysts say that the destruction of roads shows that North Korea's president Kim Jong Un no longer wants to negotiate with South Korea.
“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 the AFP news agency.
After a day Kim held a meeting with his security official and top military soldiers about the drone issue, the blast came out.
North Korea state media reported on Tuesday morning. During that meeting, Kim called the drones a "serious threat" from the enemy. He talked about the tasks of "quick military actions" and using the defense system to protect the independence of the country.
North Korea mobilized his army and put frontline artillery and other military forces on standby to attack South Korea if it's drones were found over North Korea again.
South Korea has denied to confirm whether it sent drones but warned it would punish North Korea harshly if its citizens were threatened.
Kim Jong Un has cut off ties with South Korea by destroying the roads in the line, accepting South Korea as his principal enemy, and abandoning North Korea's decades-long objective to see unification of the two Koreas.
In 2020, North Korea blew up the empty office for the two Koreas, gesturing the end of a period of peace.
In November last year, North Korea said it would send more armed forces and weapons to the border and they would stop following a 2018 military agreement because South Korea had suspended some parts of the deal after North Korea launched a military spy satellite.
North Korea had begun adding anti-tank borders and laying minds along the border earlier this year, said South Korea's officials.