South Korea convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to uphold reconciliation agreements, hours after the North threatened to demolish a liaison office and take military action against its rival.
On Saturday night, Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned that Seoul will soon witness “a tragic scene of the useless North-South liaison office being completely collapsed.” She also said she would leave to North Korea’s military the right to take the next step of retaliation against South Korea.
The North has linked its recent series of threats to Seoul’s failure to prevent activists from launching propaganda leaflets across their border. But some experts say North Korea is deeply frustrated that South Korea hasn’t done enough to revive lucrative joint economic projects as well as over a lack of progress in its nuclear talks with Washington.
Kim later vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal, introduce a new strategic weapon and boost his power at home to overcome the U.S.-led sanctions that he said “stifles” his country’s economy.
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