North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready within days

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader, has warned South Korea that anti-South Korean loudspeakers will be ready along the border within days. This comes as Pyongyang puts new countermeasures on alert and accuses South Korean troops of conducting warning broadcasts and warning shots. If South Korea continues its actions, Kim said, "the most horrible and distressing situation" would occur.

South Korea maintains that warning shots were fired as defensive measures. Kim's statements indicate that South Korean efforts to strengthen control in the demilitarized zone are having an effect. The military and Unification Ministry urge North Korea to return to talks to resolve differences. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's attempts to ease inter-Korean hostility have been put under pressure by these threats, which mark the highest tensions on the heavily fortified frontier since he took office last year.