The statement comes after the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) destroyed an Inter-Korean Liaison office, unexpectedly raising tensions between North and South Korea.
The South Korean military warned that if the DPRK takes military action against South Korea, “it will pay the price”, following an earlier explosion of the Liaison office at Kaesong by Pyongyang.
The statement followed an announcement made by the DPRK that it will resume “all kinds of regular military exercises” in the vicinity of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), rejecting Seoul’s intentions to settle the situation via legislation that would ban the activists’ practice.
North Korea blew up the inter-Korean joint liaison office in border town of Kaesong on 16 June, three days after Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, threatened to get rid of the “useless” channel and scrap the North-South agreement if Seoul fails to stop sending alleged propaganda leaflets over the border.
According to state broadcaster Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a “terrific” explosion ruined the joint liaison office in the industrial zone at 05:50 GMT, which was in line with “the mindset of the enraged people” angered by activists from South Korea who have sent balloons with leaflets criticizing the rule of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un across the border.
Responding to the sudden move, South Korea expressed “strong regret over North Korea’s unilateral explosion of the inter-Korean liaison office building”, warning that if Pyongyang worsens the situation, it will be the responsibility of the DPRK and none other.
The Kaesong industrial complex is a special economic zone on the inter-Korean border, which is jointly run by North and South Korea. There are reportedly 124 South Korean companies operating at the Kaesong complex with more than 54,000 North Korean employees.
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