South Korea says it has detected preparations by North Korea to blow up its sections of inter-Korean roads. Tensions have been soaring between the two countries in recent weeks.

South Korean officials said on Monday that they had gathered intelligence indicating that the North was preparing to demolish its half of roads that connect the two countries.

“They have installed screens on the road and are working behind those screens, preparing to blow up the roads,” Lee Sung Joon, a spokesperson for South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters.

He said the operation could take place as soon as Monday.

The move follows weeks of soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula. North Korea has accused South Korea of using drones to drop propaganda leaflets over its territory three times, and threatened to respond with force if it happens again.

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    22 days ago

    Tbf to him, from his vantage point the fall of Afghanistan did seem like the signal to strike.

    He just vastly underestimated the underlying strength of the west because we basically exaggerate our capabilities far less than he’s used to under vranyo, so our minor defeat wasn’t actually a sign of us hiding our complete collapse.

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      22 days ago

      fall of Afghanistan

      You mean the fall that he orchestrated via trump?

      If you want to consider that the start, Putin started it.

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        22 days ago

        Heh, I agree, much like he contributed massively to Brexit.

        But understand this: In this story, he’s the main character, he sees things a bit differently, for him re-uniting the Russian Empire is a matter of destiny and anything that helps was meant to be, while any setbacks must be sabotage of the natural way by the evil and petty western powers.

        That’s just how things look at that level, it’s why dictatorships are bad, they reinforce narcissistic blindness.