North Korea has announced to completely close its border with South Korea. Dictator Kim Jong’s army said on Tuesday that it will close all roads and railway lines going to South Korea. Apart from this, fortification will also be done in the areas adjacent to the border. According to North Korea’s media house KCNA, the Korean People’s Army has said that this decision was taken after seeing the war exercises of South Korea and America. Actually, in the last 1 year, America has sent its aircraft carriers, military ships, long range bombers and submarines to the Korean Peninsula, due to which North Korea is angry. North Korea is preparing to close the border from January
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said that they have informed the US-led UN Command Force about this, so that there is no situation of any kind of conflict in the area. This force manages the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North-South Korea. Earlier, the South Korean military had told that Kim Jong’s army has been laying landmines on the border since January. Apart from this, anti-tank traps have also been installed and most of the railway infrastructure has been removed. In June, several soldiers working to increase military infrastructure on the border were killed in a landmine explosion. After this decision of North Korea, the risk of increasing tension between the two countries has increased. North and South Korea had earlier fought a war from 1950-53 after the Second World War. Korea was divided into two parts after Japan’s withdrawal. Korea is a peninsula, that is, surrounded by sea on three sides and an island connected to the mainland on one side. The Korean Empire ruled here till 1904. A fierce war took place between Japan and China in 1904-05 to capture it. Japan won and occupied Korea. After losing the Second World War in 1945, Japan had to leave Korea. As soon as Japan withdrew, Korea was divided into two parts. The 38th parallel line was considered the dividing line. Soviet forces were deployed in the northern part and United Nations forces in the southern part. In North Korea, the government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea was formed under the leadership of Korean communists. In the South, a democratic government was formed under the leadership of leader Syngman Rhee. The North was inclined towards communist ideology, while the South was inclined towards capitalist countries. This is where the dispute began. On 25 June 1950, North Korea crossed the 38th parallel line and attacked South Korea. After a war that lasted for 3 years, North and South Korea signed a ceasefire in 1953. Once again, the border was fixed at the same 38th parallel that it was before the war. The highest deployment of weapons on the North-South Korea border
The DMZ between North and South Korea is the border with the highest deployment of weapons in the world. According to statistics, 20 lakh mines have been laid inside and around the border. Apart from this, barbed wire fencing, a network of tanks and combat soldiers are also deployed on both sides of the border. This border was created under the agreement to end the Korean War.
