S. Korea's top military officer orders stern responses after NK threatens to deploy more weapons along border

South Korea's top military official issued a stern warning on Tuesday, instructing troops to respond forcefully to any hostile actions, following North Korea's threat to deploy additional weapons along their shared border and resume propaganda broadcasts. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman, General Jin Yong-sung, delivered this order during a tour of a front-line unit, strongly criticizing Pyongyang for attributing heightened tensions between the two countries to Seoul.

General Jin expressed his disbelief that North Korea had labeled the South's necessary operational measures as a provocation and blamed the South's armed forces for the increased military tensions. He made it clear that if North Korea continues to launch further provocations, using the South's legitimate measures as an excuse, the South's troops would respond decisively.