North Korea Blows Up Roads, Prompting South to Fire Warning Shots
- Pyongyang has sought to further distance itself from South
- South Korea designates border cities as being in ‘risk zone’
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North Korea blew up sections of roads in its own territory that are part of links once used to connect the southern part of the peninsula with the north, in a show of defiance after it accused Seoul of flying drones over Pyongyang.
North Korea detonated bombs north of its eastern and western borders at around noon on Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. South Korea’s military later fired off warning shots within its border, according to the JCS, which also confirmed there were no reports of damage in South Korea from the detonations.