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Seoul on alert as North Korea ‘to blow up border roads’ amid drone row

A South Korean military guard post is seen through a military fence from the Imjingak peace park near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, October 14, 2024 [Jung Yeon-je/AFP]

South Korea’s military has announced it is “fully ready” to respond amid reports that North Korean troops have been deployed to the border and are getting ready to blow up roads connecting the two nations along the heavily militarised dividing line.

Tensions have escalated in recent days as the nuclear-armed North accused Seoul of flying drones over its capital to drop propaganda leaflets filled with “inflammatory rumours and rubbish”, and warned that if another drone was detected, it would consider it “a declaration of war”.

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