Video launched by South Korea’s Protection Ministry reveals the second North Korea blew up a highway connecting South Korea.
It comes after Pyongyang vowed final week to “utterly divide” the 2 international locations by reducing off roads and railways as soon as seen as symbols of cooperation between the 2 Koreas.
The Korean Individuals’s Military described the transfer as a “self-defense measure to suppress warfare,” claiming it was in response to South Korea’s warfare workout routines and the frequent presence of U.S. nuclear property within the area.
It marked an escalation of hostilities that has introduced tensions between North and South Korea to their highest level in years.
After the explosion, South Korea’s army stated it fired pictures throughout the border in a present of pressure and stepped up surveillance of North Korea.