North Korea has destroyed a series of roads and railways linking the country with South Korea. It's the latest sign of worsening relations on the peninsula.
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00:00On the heavily fortified border between North and South Korea, a series of explosions as
00:06North Korea detonates the roads and rail lines that link the two countries, in a largely
00:10symbolic severance.
00:13It's a move that has fulfilled North Korea's vow to completely close the border and upset
00:17the delicate relationship with its neighbor to the south.
00:21Today, North Korea's North Cheok-gu, the border between North and South Korea, detonated the
00:26roads and rail lines that link the two countries, which is clearly a violation of the North-South
00:29Korea agreement.
00:30As a very abnormal measure, our government strongly condemns it.
00:33The destruction is the latest escalation on the Korean peninsula.
00:38Just a day before, Kim Yo-jong, a top North Korean leader and sister of Kim Jong-un, released
00:43a statement, delivered by state media, accusing South Korea of sending propaganda-filled drones
00:49over the capital city, an accusation Seoul has declined to confirm.
00:54The fact that they are sending drones over the capital city is also a serious political
01:01provocation.
01:02However, the fact that the means of doing this is a drone is the basis of the seriousness
01:07of this incident.
01:10North Korea says South Korea regularly violates their airspace, referring to balloons sent
01:16by activists full of aid and leaflets criticizing the regime.
01:20In retaliation, North Korea has sent their own balloons across the border, full of trash
01:26and even human feces.
01:31For months, North Korea has been laying mines and building barriers on the border, and increased
01:36missile and weapons tests.
01:38And now, with infrastructure linking the two countries destroyed, North Korean state media
01:43reports that this week, over a million young people have joined or returned to the military,
01:49increasing signs that relations between the two Koreas may only be headed for worse.
01:54Eason Pan and Harrell Hughes for Taiwan Plus.