N. Korea threatens to beef up military presence around DMZ
South Korea conducts military exercises at a drill field near the Demilitarised Zone in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on June 16, 2020. Seoul has warned the North that it will no longer tolerate its ‘unreasonable acts and words’. – EPA pic, June 17, 2020.
NORTH Korea threatened today to bolster its military presence in and near the Demilitarised Zone, a day after blowing up its liaison office with the South, prompting sharp criticism from Seoul. In a series of denunciations of South Korea, the nuclear-armed North rejected an offer from President Moon Jae-in to send envoys for talks.
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