Seoul Vows to Boost DMZ Control After North Korea’s Threat

Bloomberg Politics20 October 2026, 02:33 UTCSouth Korea

South Korea vowed to step up military operations to strengthen its control over the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, after Pyongyang warned it could deploy more strike assets to the border area.

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