{"id":1440930,"date":"2023-11-28T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1440930"},"modified":"2023-11-28T04:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:20:00","slug":"north-korea-moves-heavy-weapons-to-border-with-south-remilitarizes-outposts-along-dmz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/north-korea-moves-heavy-weapons-to-border-with-south-remilitarizes-outposts-along-dmz\/1440930\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Moves Heavy Weapons To Border With South, Remilitarizes Outposts Along DMZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea Moves Heavy Weapons To Border With South, Remilitarizes Outposts Along DMZ<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prior years of efforts toward deconfliction based on a series of agreements between North and South Korea have been quickly unraveling<\/strong>, following major joint US-South Korea military drills last summer and the stationing of a US nuclear capable submarine there last July. The nuclear submarine at a South Korean port was a first in four decades.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang responded predictably by ramping up ballistic missile tests, and most recently launching a spy satellite into orbit for the first time. But South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Monday announced a big major step backward, saying the north has begun building up heavy weapons along its border, while reestablishing guard posts<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Border via AP<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Reconstructing militarized border positions appears to be the Kim Jong Un government’s response to the south last week suspending participation in a pact meant to avert war<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Seoul said this means it will resume surveillance flights along the border.\u00a0Pyongyang promptly issued a statement<\/a>: “From now on, our army will never be bound by the September 19 North-South Military Agreement,” it said last Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And now The Guardian<\/em> is detailing that<\/a> “Media reports cited the South Korean military as saying it had detected troops from the North repairing camouflaged guard posts that the regime had destroyed<\/strong> as part of a comprehensive military agreement in 2018 designed to lower the risk of a confrontation along the heavily armed demilitarized zone (DMZ).”<\/p>\n

North Korea has sent troops to restore border posts that were taken down as part of an earlier agreement.<\/p>\n

This comes after Seoul partially suspended a 2018 deal aimed at rapprochement, leading to Pyongyang ditching the agreement altogether. https:\/\/t.co\/ud4pje6r10<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DW News (@dwnews) November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Further, “The South\u2019s military said North Korean soldiers had been observed digging trenches at sites along the border <\/strong>and the regime had sent heavy weapons to the area,” The Guardian<\/em> continues. “The DMZ has divided the two countries since the end of the 1950-53 Korean war and is seen as a potential flashpoint in any future inter-Korean conflict.”<\/p>\n

The South Korean Defense Ministry says it can prove the DPRK is remilitarizing the border, having released a photo set showing new soldiers and arms at freshly constructed outposts along the DMZ.<\/p>\n

These same outposts had been destroyed over recent years as relations warmed and tensions eased between the US, South Korea, and North Korea.<\/p>\n

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the military to be on a high state of readiness and to monitor troop movements along the border and DMZ. The satellite launch has remained a key issue of contention.<\/p>\n

North Korea’s Kim had hailed\u00a0“new era of a space power”\u00a0with the\u00a0Malligyong-1 reportedly in orbit. Pyongyang had claimed that within a mere hours after the launch,\u00a0Kim was reviewing images of American military bases in Guam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 11\/27\/2023 – 23:20<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/north-korea-moves-heavy-weapons-border-south-remilitarizes-outposts-along-dmz<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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