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DPRK vows to fire at S Korean propaganda loudspeakers at border
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May 24, 2010, Monday
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THE Democratic People's Republic of Korea vowed today that if South Korea deployed propaganda loudspeakers along the border line, the DPRK military would fire at and destroy them, the official news agency KCNA reported.
According to the KCNA, the commander of forces of the Korean People's Army in the central sector of the front issued an open warning to the South Korean authority that if the south refused to remove the anti-DPRK slogan and loudspeakers set up along the Military Demarcation Line, the KPA would "start the firing of direct sighting shots to destroy them."
The commander said South Korea's moves to resume the psychological warfare against the DPRK was "an open breach of the inter-Korean military agreement, a grave military provocation to the DPRK and a serious incident driving the inter-Korean relations to the worst phase."
He stressed if South Korea continued challenging the DPRK with such moves, the KPA will "eliminate the root cause of the provocations with stronger physical strike."
The two neighbors on the Korean Pennensula reached a deal in June 2004 demanding both sides to stop all propaganda campaigns including loudspeaker broadcasting and slogans from August 15 of that year.
Yet since the March sinking of South Korea's warship Cheonan that killed 46 sailors on board, tensions have notably escalated between the two countries.
South Korea blamed the deadly incident on a DPRK torpedo attack, and is seeking international support for punishing Pyongyang. However, the DPRK firmly denies the charge and insists on sending its own inspection team to verify the evidence.
Meanwhile, the South Korean government today announced to put on hold all exchanges and trade with Pyongyang and to hold military drills aimed at deterring "further aggression" of the DPRK.
According to the KCNA, the commander of forces of the Korean People's Army in the central sector of the front issued an open warning to the South Korean authority that if the south refused to remove the anti-DPRK slogan and loudspeakers set up along the Military Demarcation Line, the KPA would "start the firing of direct sighting shots to destroy them."
The commander said South Korea's moves to resume the psychological warfare against the DPRK was "an open breach of the inter-Korean military agreement, a grave military provocation to the DPRK and a serious incident driving the inter-Korean relations to the worst phase."
He stressed if South Korea continued challenging the DPRK with such moves, the KPA will "eliminate the root cause of the provocations with stronger physical strike."
The two neighbors on the Korean Pennensula reached a deal in June 2004 demanding both sides to stop all propaganda campaigns including loudspeaker broadcasting and slogans from August 15 of that year.
Yet since the March sinking of South Korea's warship Cheonan that killed 46 sailors on board, tensions have notably escalated between the two countries.
South Korea blamed the deadly incident on a DPRK torpedo attack, and is seeking international support for punishing Pyongyang. However, the DPRK firmly denies the charge and insists on sending its own inspection team to verify the evidence.
Meanwhile, the South Korean government today announced to put on hold all exchanges and trade with Pyongyang and to hold military drills aimed at deterring "further aggression" of the DPRK.
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