A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, May 31, 2024.Photo by Ahn Young-joon/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Korea blows up parts of inter-Korean road and rail links in a symbolic display of anger

Kim Jong Un has vowed to sever relations with South Korea

by · National Post

In a symbolic display of anger, North Korea blew up the northern sections of unused road and rail routes that once linked it with South Korea on Tuesday. The rivals exchanged threats days after the North claimed that the South flew drones over its capital Pyongyang.

The choreographed demolition underlines North Korea’s growing anger against South Korea’s conservative government. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to sever relations with South Korea and abandon the goal of achieving peaceful Korean unification.

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