According to reports, on October 16, local time, the North Korean side said that due to Korea's major sovereignty violation and provocation against North Korea, more than 1.4 million youth league cadres and young students across the country signed up to join the army or return to the army (return to the army) on the 14th and 15th.
North Korea bombs the road
Korea shoots in response
Why did the situation on the Korean Peninsula suddenly change?
According to the Korea Joint Staff Headquarters, North Korea blew up some sections of the road connecting the Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Line north of the inter-Korean military demarcation line north of the inter-Korean military demarcation line at about 12 noon local time on October 15.
Subsequently, the South Korean army fired in response to the DPRK. A reporter stationed in Korea observed that the situation on the peninsula has escalated sharply and is likely to continue.
Korea: North-South relations have repeatedly regressed
The blame lies with North Korea
The Ministry of Unification of Korea issued an announcement on the 15th, saying that North Korea blew up some sections of the road connecting the Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Line connecting the two Koreas on the same day: "This is a clear violation of the inter-Korean agreement and a very abnormal measure, and I strongly condemn it." ”
Korea's Unification Ministry said that after the DPRK unilaterally blew up the inter-Korean liaison office building in the Kaesong Industrial Park of North Korea four years ago on the grounds that Korea civil society groups used balloons to distribute leaflets to the DPRK, it has now blown up part of the road connecting the Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Line between the two Koreas.
According to the Korea Unification Ministry, the Gyeongui Line and the Donghae Line Railway and Highway are representative cooperation projects carried out after the ROK-DPRK summit meeting, and were built by the ROK in the form of a loan of $130 million at the request of the DPRK side. The ROK side once again confirmed that the obligation to repay the loan remains with the DPRK side.
The Korea Unification Ministry announced that it "once again emphasized that all responsibility for the road explosions between the two Koreas lies with the North Korean side."
The DPRK side has not responded to this statement for the time being.
North Korea:
The South Korean military masterminded the drone infiltration of Pyongyang
There will be a price
On the 15th, Kim Yo-jong, vice minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said that the DPRK side has conclusive evidence that the Korea military is the mastermind of the drone infiltration into Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong said that the provocateurs will pay for it.
Kim Yo-jong said on the 14th that the drone infiltration into Pyongyang was led by the Korea military.
Kim Yo-jong also said that if the sovereignty of the holding country is violated by the domesticated forces of the United States, then its owner (the United States) should be responsible. At present, the South Korean side has not responded to the above statement.
Kim Jong-un clarified
Tough military-political positions
According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 15th, on October 14, Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, presided over a national defense and security meeting.
At the meeting, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army and Director of the General Reconnaissance Bureau made a comprehensive analysis report on "provocations by the enemy that seriously violated the sovereignty of the DPRK," and the Chief of the General Staff made a report on the plan of action to deal with the military plan.
After listening to the relevant reports and reports on the implementation of the work, Kim Jong Un pointed out the current direction of military activities and set out the tasks of activating the national defense forces and exercising the right of self-defense to safeguard the country's sovereignty and security interests.
At the meeting, Kim Jong-un expounded the hard-line military-political stance of the DPRK party and government.
Relations between the two Koreas eased for a time
In recent years, tensions and confrontations have returned
A reporter from the General Station in Korea observed that for some time, the sharply escalating tense confrontation between the DPRK and the ROK has attracted the attention of the outside world.
In fact, since last year, the Korea military has repeatedly announced that it has found that North Korea has planted mines in the demilitarized zone and other related operations, and in recent times, North Korea has frequently released balloons with garbage to Korea.
In 2018, there was a period of easing between the two Koreas due to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the subsequent meeting between the leaders of the two Koreas in Panmunjom, and the two sides signed a military agreement to defuse tensions.
In the Panmunjom Joint Security Area, both sides also did not carry firearms and dismantled some of the posts in the demilitarized zone.
In recent years, on the one hand, Korea the Yoon Suk-yeol administration has strengthened military cooperation with the United States and Japan, South Korea's military exercises have continued to escalate, and on the other hand, North Korea has also continued to carry out missile launches, and the situation between the two Koreas has returned to the old path of tense confrontation.
Source: CCTV news client, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV network