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North Korea warns of powerful response over border violation
- •North Korea threatened an immediate and powerful counteraction if South Korea crosses the border even by a millimeter.
- •The warning follows South Korean mine removal operations along the heavily fortified border after three soldiers were injured in a landmine blast.
- •Pyongyang rejected Seoul's investigation results linking the blast to North Korea, calling them a fabrication.
- •North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been strengthening strategic ties with China and Russia while avoiding US dialogue.
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North Korea issued the warning after South Korea conducted mine removal operations along their heavily fortified border following a landmine blast that injured three South Korean soldiers. Seoul stated the mine belonged to North Korea, a claim that Pyongyang rejected and called a fabrication.
North Korea categorically rejected South Korea's investigation results, calling them a despicable fabrication and warning of an immediate and powerful counteraction if the South violates its border by even a millimeter.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has strengthened strategic partnerships with Russia and China while shunning dialogue with the US. Kim recently reaffirmed his unshakable option to develop the Russian alliance in a birthday letter to Vladimir Putin, following mutual defense treaty signings and North Korean military support for Moscow.
