The deal left South Korea with 50 board guard posts and North Korea with 150. North Korea immediately slammed South Korea’s decision, saying it would deploy powerful weapons at the border in a tit-for-tat measure. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday that it detected North Korea building guard posts at border sites where its dismantled guard posts once stood, and that North Korea deployed troops and heavy weapons there. South Korean officials said they confirmed the North Korean satellite entered orbit. South Korea suspects Russian technological assistance likely enabled North Korea to send the spy satellite into space.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 27, 2023 06:33 UTC