Kim Jong Un defines the lines of “immediate military action” amid tensions with South Korea

MADRID 15 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has defined the lines of “immediate military action”, after Pyongyang has accused the South Korean Army of sending drones with propaganda to its territory, an assertion denied by the South Korean authorities, in amid tensions between the two countries.

“(Kim) has set the direction of immediate military action and indicated the important tasks that must be accomplished in the operation of war deterrence and the exercise of the right of self-defense to safeguard sovereignty, security and national interests. nationals,” reads a statement published this Tuesday by the KCNA news agency.

These decisions took place at a consultative meeting on defense and security held the day before and in which the Minister of Defense, No Kwang Chol, and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Ri Yong, among others, were present. Gil.

At the meeting, the parties addressed “the case of serious provocation by the enemy that violates the sovereignty” of North Korea, as well as the “military response plan” and measures to modernize weapons, or the situation of military operations. Intelligence. “Kim made evaluations and conclusions about the information and proposed measures,” he added.

The statements come amid rising tensions, including the launching of hundreds of balloons carrying propaganda and garbage against their respective territories. Seoul also resumed propaganda broadcasts through loudspeakers on the border in June for the first time in six years, as well as its live-fire maneuvers near the border, while carrying out various joint military exercises with the United States.

North Korean authorities have increased their launches of ballistic missiles and other projectiles, in what they describe as a warning against Seoul’s actions. They have also announced the “permanent” closure of their common border. Both countries are still technically at war because the Korean War (1950-1953) did not end with a peace agreement, but with an armistice, without the parties having so far been able to reach an agreement to officially end the hostilities. .