{"id":3516,"date":"2026-10-30T09:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:03:45","slug":"south-korea-vows-firm-response-to-north-korea-over-border-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"South Korea vows firm response to North Korea over border tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>South Korea will respond firmly to \u200bprotect the military border with North Korea \u200cdespite claims by Pyongyang that it is conducting operations on its side of the line, Seoul\u2019s national \u200bsecurity adviser Wi Sung-lac said on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tensions have spiked \u200bsince a landmine blast inside the Demilitarised \u2060Zone (DMZ) border seriously wounded several South Korean \u200bsoldiers on a reconnaissance mission last month, which Seoul \u200bhas said was caused by a North Korean mine.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Command, which oversees the DMZ, has said a \u200bNorth Korean mine across the line violated \u200bthe armistice.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul has demanded that Pyongyang immediately halt fortification \u200cwork \u2060near the inter-Korean border, saying the activity has raised tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Pyongyang has denied responsibility for the mine and Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister \u200bof leader \u200bKim Jong \u2060Un, said on October 21 that North Korea will activate anti-South Korean \u200bpropaganda loudspeakers along its entire border \u200bby \u2060the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s spy agency said on Thursday that North Korea had not yet \u2060started \u200bany broadcasts.<\/p>\n<p>Both Koreas have previously \u200bused such broadcasts as part of psychological warfare campaigns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea will respond firmly to \u200bprotect the military border with North Korea \u200cdespite claims by Pyongyang that it is conducting operations on its side of the line, Seoul\u2019s national \u200bsecurity adviser Wi Sung-lac said on Friday. Tensions have spiked \u200bsince a landmine blast inside the Demilitarised \u2060Zone (DMZ) border seriously wounded several South Korean \u200bsoldiers on a reconnaissance mission last month, which Seoul \u200bhas said was caused by a North Korean mine. The UN Command, which oversees the DMZ, has said a \u200bNorth Korean mine across the line violated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}