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North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border
Roads have long been unused but destroying them sends clear message Pyongyang does not want to negotiate with Seoul, experts say
South Korea’s military says it has fired warning shots near its heavily fortified border with the North after Pyongyang blew up sections of the deeply symbolic roads linking the two countries.
At around midday, some parts of the road north of the military demarcation line (MDL) dividing the countries were blown up, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a message sent to media on Tuesday.
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