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Why North Korea and South Korea are on the brink of war
The Korean Central News Agency reported that the General Staff of the Korean People's Army of North Korea gave the order to put artillery divisions near the South Korean border on full combat readiness. The government suspects that North Korea "will start a war." How the cross-border expansion began — material from URA.RU.
The escalation began in early October after North Korea distributed leaflets in the capital and criticized South Korea for provocations that violated its national sovereignty. North Korea also said it had seen a South Korean drone on October 9. RT recalled that the North Korean Foreign Ministry accused South Korea of using drones to spread anti-Republican propaganda in Pyongyang.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry said: "South Korea, which was on standby during the nights of October 3, 9 and 10, launched a drone into the airspace of Pyongyang's Chungkuk region and spread numerous political propaganda materials against the DPRK."
The Defense Ministry considers South Korea's actions provocative, stressing that drones can be used as a military tool. The statement is part of a plan to strengthen the border and close roads with South Korea, in line with a previously announced plan by the General Staff of the Korean People's Army. However, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un insists that he has no intention of attacking South Korea.
Shin Won-sik, director of the Blue House's National Security Office, said: "The South Korean government does not believe that North Korea will start a war because it would be an act of suicide on the part of North Korea." "I believe that North Korea will not start a war unless it decides to commit suicide," the politician said in a television interview.
Representative Shin Won-sik noted that after the Korean War, there was always a risk of a new full-scale military conflict on the Korean Peninsula. He stressed that whether North Korea could start a war does not depend on North Korea's will, but on South Korea's readiness and determination to resist such actions. According to him, South Korea should always be ready to respond to North Korea's provocations.
South Korea's Ministry of National Defense has warned that if North Korea threatens the safety of South Korean citizens, it will lead to the end of the Pyongyang regime. The Unification Ministry said: "We clearly warn that the day North Korea undermines the safety of our people will be the last day of the regime."
Authorities in Seoul are reacting to recent comments by North Korean leader Kim Yo Jong’s sister that they see as hypocritical. This is especially true in relation to the garbage balloon campaign targeting Korea that began last May. In response to Kim Yo Jong’s threat that the discovery of drones over Pyongyang would lead to “tragic consequences” for South Korea, the South Korean government said it was determined to protect national security.