Storms on the Peninsula! South Korea Fired at North Korean Troops at the Military Demarcation Line!

On August 23, General Gao Zhengzhe, Deputy Chief of the North Korean General Staff, issued a statement through the Central News Agency titled "We Must Immediately Halt the Dangerous Provocative Acts Causing Military Conflicts in the Southern Border Area."

"On August 19, the belligerent South Korean military conducted a serious provocation by firing more than 10 rounds of 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns at our soldiers who were carrying out permanent barrier construction near the southern border. Our military is conducting a barrier construction project aimed at permanently blocking the southern border adjacent to the Republic of Korea as part of normal border reinforcement work. This is intended to eliminate factors that could escalate tensions in the militarily sensitive southern border area and ensure a stable environment, which will not pose a threat to anyone."

To prevent accidental conflicts, North Korea informed the U.S. forces stationed in South Korea twice on June 25 and July 18 about the engineering details.

Gao Zhengzhe stated that during the joint South Korea-U.S. "Freedom Shield" military exercises, South Korea conducted warning shots. He demanded that South Korea immediately stop planned provocations: "If there are continued acts of restraint or interference with engineering projects unrelated to military purposes, our military will regard this as intentional military provocation and take corresponding countermeasures."

The South Korean military explained that on the afternoon of the 19th, North Korean troops violated the central military demarcation line, and thus the South Korean military took measures such as warning shots.

Since April last year, North Korea has deployed a large number of troops near the military demarcation line, installed triple-layered barbed wire, and established anti-tank barriers. It is said that this is preparation to designate the military demarcation line as a permanent border.

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