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North Korea Blows Up Two Roads to South Korea
The road connecting North and South Korea, which was a symbol of North-South reconciliation in the 2000s, was destroyed. Before that, Kim Jong-un criticized South Korea's military provocations and asked the military to protect its sovereignty.
The bombing area is located in North Korea along the Kyongison Line and the Donghae Line. The first is in the west and connects the city of Kaesong in North Korea with the city of Paju in South Korea. The second line goes to the east.
Our side believes that this road explosion is carried out as part of the complete destruction of the inter-Korean land route and the construction of defensive positions. Since late 2023, North Korea has been laying mines in this area and demolishing street lamps, railway tracks and adjacent buildings to block the land route between North and South Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with national security officials the day before the bombing, condemning the South Korean drone launch as a military provocation and calling for "immediate military action." Protecting sovereignty through "military deterrence."
The two roads and two railway lines damaged by North Korea were symbols of a previous era of détente between Pyongyang and Seoul and were restored in the 2000s.
This is not the first time North Korea has destroyed a symbol of reconciliation with South Korea. For example, in 2020, an inter-Korean liaison office was destroyed, the most visible outcome of the 2018 inter-Korean summit. South Korea’s Unification Ministry called the incident a “reckless act” that “shattered the hopes of those seeking peace on the Korean Peninsula.”