The choreographed demolition underlines North Korea’s growing anger against South Korea’s conservative government. The statement did not give details, but the move could have been an attempt to avert cross-border fire by North Korea. North Korea has a history of staging the choreographed destruction of facilities on its own soil as a political message. North Korea has accused South Korea of infiltrating drones to drop propaganda leaflets over Pyongyang three times this month and threatened to respond with force if it happened again. AdvertisementLast week, North Korea said it would permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 15, 2024 23:49 UTC