According to the North, the drones’ purported distribution of propaganda pamphlets over Pyongyang constituted a provocation that would result in “armed conflict and even war.”
Pyongyang alleged that it had instructed border troops to be ready to fight after making these accusations against the South on Friday. In response, South Korea declared that it was prepared to act and issued a warning that threats to its citizens’ safety would mark the “end of the North Korean regime.”
The North then fulfilled a previous threat on Tuesday by blowing up portions of two roads that connected it to South Korea.
It stated the following day that 1.4 million young North Koreans had submitted applications to enlist in or rejoin the army.
Since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated in January that the South is his regime’s top adversary, tensions between the two Koreas have escalated to their highest level in years. These flare-ups are the most recent in a series of exchanges between the two Koreas.
What’s going on?
On October 11, North Korea’s foreign ministry accused the South of sending drones to Pyongyang between October 11 and October 12 at night. It said that “inflammatory rumours and rubbish” were contained in the fliers that the drones were spreading.
