NKorea blows up roads connecting to SKorea

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 16, 2024 12:11 am

(UPDATE) SEOUL — North Korea blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to South Korea on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, adding that it had conducted a 'counterfire' operation in response.

Pyongyang's armed forces last week vowed to permanently seal its southern border after spending months laying mines and building anti-tank barriers in the wake of leader Kim Jong Un declaring South Korea his country's 'principal enemy.'

ROAD WRECKED This image from closed-circuit television footage shows part of the Gyeongui Line road, which connects South Korea’s border city of Paju to North Korea’s city of Kaesong, being blown up on Oct. 15, 2024. IMAGE FROM SOUTH KOREA’S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF VIA EPA

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