Korea Tensions Soar as North Primes Troops, Weighs Cutting Roads
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A North Korean soldier outside the Panmungak pavillion on the North Korean side of the border in the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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Tensions on the Korean Peninsula rose again after North Korea ordered troops along its southern border to be ready to fire and military leaders in Seoul said Pyongyang may be preparing to blow up roads connecting the two nations.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected efforts under way in North Korea to destroy the eastern and western roads connecting the two nations, warning that an explosion could take place as early as Monday.