North Korea orders troops to border

A mounting spat sparked by defectors in South Korea sending anti-regime propaganda balloons across the North Korean border is raising the risk of a military confrontation


ESCALATING TENSIONS

Jun 4: Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, warns that South Korea will “pay a dear price” unless Seoul stops cross-border propaganda

Jun 9: Pyongyang cuts all official communication links with Seoul

Jun 16: North Korea blows up liaison office in Kaesong, opened in 2018 as part of
peace agreement

Jun 17: General Staff of North’s Korean People’s Army says troops will be redeployed to areas demilitarized under 2018 agreement


Redeployment of North Korean military

P’yongyang
NORTH KOREA
Guard posts along DMZ to be restored
Kaesong Industrial Zone
Mount Kumgang tourist zone
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
Seoul
SOUTH KOREA
Yellow Sea (West Sea)
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
40km 25 miles


CHINA
N. KOREA
S. KOREA


North Korea could redeploy Koksan 170-millimetre self-propelled guns and 240mm multiple rocket launchers near DMZ. 
Some 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea

Koksan M-1989
Range: 40-60km


Sources: Stratfor, SCMP, Yonhap News
Pictures: AP, Newscom, Getty Images 
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