The explosions come after Pyongyang pledged last week to completely cut off the inter-Korean roads and railways and further fortify the areas on its side of the border
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At around midday, some northern parts of the roads and rail lines connected to the South were blown up, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message sent to media. The North has already been installing landmines and barriers along the border, and was seen on Monday doing additional work with heavy equipment, South Korea’s JCS said.The two Koreas are still technically at war after their 1950-53 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
There has been an escalating war of words between the Koreas after the North accused its rival of sending drones over the country’s capital Pyongyang.
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