Seoul (AFP) – North Korea plans to begin once again blasting loudspeakers across its border with South Korea, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday, after warning Pyongyang had moved new troop units into "firing position".
Tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang have soared since the South last month blamed an explosion inside the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two countries on landmines laid by North Korea, an accusation it has rejected.
"Our tactical hunting teams are taking new positions, and within October, the loudspeakers for psychological warfare against the ROK will be in operation along the whole border," Kim Yo Jong said, using the acronym for South Korea's official name.
The planned resumption of loudspeaker tactics was revealed following an inspection of border positions on Wednesday by Kim and the armed forces' Marshal Pak Jong Chon.
"Our military leadership underlined the need to make those rogues aware that our new firepower units have taken their firing positions," Kim said in a statement carried earlier in the day by the official Korean Central News Agency.
Pak, meanwhile, told troops it was "time to organize the firepower strong enough to strike terror into the enemy's heart".
"If the enemy troops make a provocation actually threatening the safety of our service personnel... The border forces of (North Korea) must take very proficient, specialized and overwhelming military action," he said.
On Tuesday, Seoul's military warned of a "firm" response to further North Korean provocations.
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