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North Korea confirms severance of land links with South Korea
North Korea has confirmed it has cut off road and rail links with South Korea, disrupting transport routes near the border.
The order was issued by the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Korean Central News Agency reported. The North Korean army's general staff has taken steps to completely cut off communications with the South in the eastern and western areas of the South Korean border as part of a phased project to divide the territory between North Korea and South Korea.
North Korea blew up two sections of the transport route, 60 meters long, including Gamhor-ri, Kosong-gun, Kangwon-do and Dongdong-ri, Panmun-gu, Kaesong-si.
A North Korean defense ministry spokesman said the military would take steps in the future to build forts in areas where communications are cut off.
Prior to this, the North Korean General Staff ordered artillery units on the border to prepare. Kim Jong-un said that if South Korea and the United States use force, North Korea will respond with nuclear weapons.