Top Army and Navy commanders of South Korea were asked on Thursday (June 18) to maintain a "firm military posture" amid escalating tensions with North Korea. As per the latest reports from Yonhap news agency, South Korean Army Chief of Staff General Suh Wook and his naval counterpart, Admiral Boo Suk-jong, held a face to face meeting with senior commanders' with frontline units prepared for any possible developments. "The recent spike in military tensions has made clear the importance of readiness and a high degree of discipline during serious times," the four-star general was quoted as saying by Yonhap. After North Korea threatened to take military action against South Korea, nuclear envoys of Seoul and the United States also met in Washington on Thursday. The relations between the two neighbours soured last week as North Korea threatened state-level action as Seoul failed to curb the campaign of South-based defectors of dropping anti-Pyongyang leaflets on balloons across the border.

Source: dna June 19, 2020 08:26 UTC