Joint Chiefs of Staff “Capture evidence of North Korea’s preparations for blowing up the Gyeongui Line and Donghae Line”

Barriers set up on roads… possible explosion today
Possibility of launching space launch vehicle and carrying out small provocations, ‘North Korea, which declared the complete severance and fortification of the inter-Korean land routes, was caught preparing for the demolition of the Gyeongui and Donghae lines roads by our military surveillance equipment. ‘,
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, ‘On the 14th ‘, Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Director Lee Sung-jun stated during a regular briefing, “Preparatory work to explode roads from behind the barriers set up on the roads has been identified,” adding that “it is possible for (North Korea’s explosion) to happen today.” The director mentioned, “Currently, North Korea has the potential to carry out symbolic demolitions, space launch vehicle launches, and small provocations in order to transition their situation,” he said. ,
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, The term “small-scale provocations” by North Korea refers to firing at Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea area. The director mentioned about the coastal artillery near the NLL, saying, “They occasionally open the positions for internal air circulation,” and they are closely monitoring the frequent opening of the positions. The director warned, “Training and instructions have been given for the military to ‘act first and report later’ and respond strongly, saying, if North Korea provokes, we will strongly retaliate in self-defense.” ,
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, When provoked by North Korea, the military will ‘act first and report later’,
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, On the 9th, the North Korean General Staff issued a statement saying, “Starting from the 9th, construction work will be carried out to completely cut off the roads and railways in our region connected to South Korea and fortify them with strong defensive structures.” They also mentioned that they sent a telephone notification to the U.S. military to prevent accidental clashes related to this. ,
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, On the same day, North Korea sent a notification via the UN Military Armistice Commission and the North Korean military communication line, stating, “Starting from October 9th, construction will be carried out in the areas along the southern border line to completely cut off the roads and railways connecting our region to South Korea in the east and west regions.” They added, “Many of our personnel and heavy equipment will be involved in the construction, and explosive operations are also planned,” warning the South to take responsible measures. ,
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, Preparation for cutting off roads and fortification work,
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, The North Korean activity of preparing for demolition captured by our military is interpreted as an intention to completely cut off the Gyeongui and Donghae lines roads and fortify them. Since the end of last year, North Korea has been conducting activities such as landmine planting around the roads, streetlight removal, railroad removal, adjacent building demolition for the sake of severing the inter-Korean land routes. The inter-Korean land routes include the Donghae and Gyeongui lines, the Arrowhead Hill and Joint Security Area (JSA) passages, which consist of railways and roads. ,
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, According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea spread leaf mines near the Gyeongui line road in November last year and planted mines on the Donghae line in December of the same year, followed by removing fences from the Donghae line road in March this year and removing streetlights from the Gyeongui line road in April. In May, they removed railroad rails and sleepers from the Donghae line, and in June, streetlights from the Donghae line road, followed by removing Gyeongui line railroad rails and sleepers in July, and dismantling the Gyeongui line train storage depot in August. ,
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