Maybe North Korea changing time zones made everyone a little angry? Jokes aside, North Korea shelled South Korea’s border earlier yesterday and in response, South Korea fired back. Now, both countries are ordering full military preparedness.
RT News reports:
The leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un has ordered frontline combined forces to enter a state of war from 5:00p.m. (0830 GMT) on Friday, the official KCNA news agency reports.
The order was issued during an emergency meeting of the central military commission of the ruling party, Xinhua reports. The announcement comes after an exchange of fire between the rivals earlier on Thursday.
(URGENT) N. Korea threatens to dispatch war commander to frontline if South continues propaganda broadcasts http://t.co/Kam425yhWZ
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) August 20, 2015
N. Korea threatens to turn South into ‘sea of fire’ over propaganda leaflets http://t.co/CamvIl2Vdr pic.twitter.com/8RBVcOg1ZG
— RT (@RT_com) August 15, 2015
Seoul is to hold an emergency session of the National Security Council to discuss the development.
Relations between North and South Korea are tenser than usual at the moment in the wake of a land mine incident this month. Two South Korean troops were hit by a primitive landmine explosion, with Seoul blaming Pyongyang, an accusation the North denied. Mounting propaganda loudspeakers along the borders was the South’s response to the incident.