North Korea Says It May Send Troops Into Parts of the DMZ
- Threat marks escalation along an already-tense border
- Pyongyang demands halt to anti-Kim leaflets from South Korea
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North Korean state media said Kim Jong Un’s regime is reviewing a plan to send its army into some areas of the demilitarized zone separating the country from South Korea.
The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said it was on high alert, according to a report Tuesday on the official Korean Central News Agency, escalating its threats aimed at forcing South Korea to halt activists from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border by balloon.