North Korea's Kim Yo Jong Says, "Loudspeakers Targeting South Korea to Go Live Along Entire Border in October"

Kim Yo Jong, a department director of North Korea's Workers' Party, said on October 21 that "South Korea-directed psychological warfare loudspeakers will be brought into operation along the entire border sometime in October."

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim made the remarks in a statement released that afternoon, saying, "Our tactical hunting teams are taking up new positions."

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Referring to a KCNA report the previous day that she had toured a site where fortifications were being built along the southern border with Pak Jong Chon, an adviser to the Ministry of National Defense, Kim said, "The date was reported incorrectly. I visited several places along the border at dawn today, the 21st, not the previous day."

"The border was clearly blocked off and is becoming increasingly fortified," she said. "This is clear evidence that the history we have long gotten wrong is being set right, and that the security of the present and future of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is being qualitatively guaranteed."

Kim said, "The head of state stressed that it is a terrible tragedy that our country shares a border with the most vile and despicable enemy in the world, and that the border must therefore become a permanent line that can never be crossed." The "head of state" refers to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission.

She reiterated the justification for what she called measures to fortify the border, saying, "Once the border is made permanent, the risk of military clashes in this region will undoubtedly be eliminated."

Kim claimed that the South Korean military had conducted warning broadcasts over loudspeakers and fired warning shots at a minimum of two locations that day. Regarding the resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea, she insisted, "This is the most justified measure and an appropriate response."

She also escalated her threats, saying, "If the enemy's provocation with warning shots goes beyond a warning and results in an actual threat to our territorial security or the safety of our servicemen, our border troops will mercilessly deal with the armed thugs who have lost their reason."

KCNA had earlier reported that Pak Jong Chon, Kim, Ri Il Hwan, a secretary of the Workers' Party Central Committee, and key commanders of the Korean People's Army General Staff had inspected the site of the southern border fortification project on October 20.

At the site, Pak instructed, "If the enemy follows its warning broadcasts and warning shots with provocations that pose an actual threat to the safety of our soldiers, we must never tolerate them and must immediately counterattack."

Kim again underscored the justification for the border fortification work, saying, "The head of state ordered that there must not be even the slightest concession in exercising our territorial sovereignty and that the border with the hostile state be made the most permanent line."

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