North Korea orders border troops to strike back at any provocation from the South
October 21, 2026 at 02:00 PM · Updated 14h ago
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North Korea to resume propaganda broadcasts, South Korea urges dialogue
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North Korea prepares to restart propaganda loudspeakers as ties sour with South
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كوريا الشمالية: قواتنا في حالة تأهب على طول الحدود.. وسنرد بشكل عادل بشأن أي تحركات
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North Korea tells border troops to take ‘resolute action’ if South threatens their safety
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زيارة تحمل رسالة تهديد.. شقيقة كيم جونغ أون على الحدود
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كوريا الشمالية تدفع بوحدات نارية جديدة إلى حدودها مع جارتها الجنوبية
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تصاعد التوترات بين الكوريتيتن.. بيونج يانج تنشر تعزيزات على الحدود وتأمر قواتها بـ"رد حاسم"
(opens the publisher’s site)North Korea has told its border troops to take prompt and resolute action against any threat to their safety posed by South Korean forces.
- North Korea's state media said Wednesday that border troops were ordered to take "prompt and resolute action" against any threat to their safety.
- Kim Yo Jong said new firepower units had "taken their firing positions" at the border, following an inspection by Marshal Pak Jong Chon on Tuesday.
- Pak Jong Chon dismissed Seoul's allegations of border crossings as an "absurd assertion" and ordered troops to turn the border into an "impregnable fortress."
- South Korea pledged to respond firmly to further provocations and blamed North Korean mines for a border blast last month that wounded two of its soldiers.
- Kim Yo Jong said North Korea will put its forces and anti-South loudspeakers on high alert along the entire border, with the loudspeakers ready within days.