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North Korea Army says to completely cut road and rail links to South Korea

North Korea's Army announced a complete closure of roads and railways to South Korea, reinforcing the border in response to military exercises.

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epa02520047 (FILE) A file picture dated 27 July 2010 showing North Korean soldier stand guard during a ceremomy marking the 57th anniversary of the signing of the cease-fire agreement of the Korea war at the Military Demarcation Line in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the border village Panmunjom, South Korea. North Korea on 08 January 2011 renewed its call for unconditional talks with South Korea and proposed they be held within a month. "We formally propose an unconditional and early opening of the talks between the authorities of the North and the South," the North?s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement that was carried on the official Korean Central News Agency. The same statement said North Korea wanted to reopen offices for inter-Korean economic cooperation at a jointly North-South-run industrial park in the North Korean border city of Kaesong. They closed last year during a low point in relations. EPA/SONG KYEONG-SEOK / POOL *** Local Caption *** 00000402262627

North Korea’s Army said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea starting from Wednesday, and fortify the areas on its side of the border, state media KCNA reported.

The announcement heralds a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas, which had been rare in recent years until this year.

North Korea had already been installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland along the heavily militarised border for months this year despite accidents, South Korea’s military said in July.

The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said in a statement carried by KCNA that this was a response to war exercises that have been held in South Korea, which it called “the primary hostile state and invariable principal enemy”, as well as frequent visits by U.S. strategic nuclear assets in the region.

Via Reuters

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