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STORY: :: Released June 18, 2024North Korea's Army has said it will completely cut off roads and railways connected to South Korea, starting from Wednesday (October 9).That announcement on state broadcaster KCNA likely indicates a further escalation in activity close to the demarcation line separating the two Koreas.Such activity had been rare in recent years.But this year, according to South Korea's military in July, North Korea has spent months installing landmines and barriers and creating wasteland across the heavily militarized border.:: Pohang, South Korea:: FileThe General Staff of the Korean People's Army said in a statement on KCNA that it was responding to war exercises that have been held in South Korea.The statement, which called South Korea the "primary hostile state and invariable principal enemy", also pointed to frequent visits by U.S. strategic nuclear assets in the region.South Korea's defense ministry said that the United Nations Command had been notified - but declined to give specifics.The UNC is a U.S.-led multinational military force that oversees affairs in the demilitarized between the two Koreas, which remain technically at war.
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