North Korea "prepared for forward shelling...additional provocation, declaration of war"

North Korea even assumes armed conflict...Increase the threat level
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) "Border Line Artillery Force Full Fire Preparedness"
Kim Yo-jung's Separate Statement Calls for Measures to Prevent Recurrence
Group "Unmanned Infiltration Cannot Be Confirmed"...adherence to strategic ambiguity

[Anchor]
North Korea, which claims that our drone penetrated over Pyongyang, is increasing the intensity of its threat.

After the General Staff of the People's Army ordered front-line units to be ready to fire, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense even issued a late-night statement saying it would be considered a declaration of war in the event of further provocations.

I'm reporter Lee Hyungwon.

[Reporter]
North Korea is making threatening remarks that are a day away.

This time, the level was raised even on the premise of armed conflict.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that the General Staff of the North Korean People's Army ordered a joint artillery unit near the border to be fully prepared for firing on the 12th.

The day before yesterday (12th), Vice Minister Kim Yo-jung issued a preliminary order for the operation less than a day after he warned that if the situation recurred, a catastrophe would occur.

Specifically, according to the exhibition garden organization, the eight fully armed artillery brigades should be put on standby for firing and various operational security projects should be completed.

In particular, we ordered units at all levels to take thorough measures, assuming that Korean drones hit targets in case they cross the border again and even spread to armed conflicts.

It also strengthened surveillance guard duty and increased surveillance posts in Pyongyang.

The news agency said South Korea's grave provocation of sovereignty infringement on the capital, Pyongyang, is creating a serious military tension.

An hour after the announcement of the General Staff, Deputy Chief Kim Yo-jung issued a separate statement calling for measures to prevent a recurrence.

A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense also helped.

He said he believes that South Korean military forces participated in the drone provocation, and threatened to consider it a declaration of war and act according to our judgment if the drone appears again.

Earlier, the South Korean military responded that it would be the end of the North Korean regime if it did harm, but it stuck to its strategic ambiguity that it could not confirm whether drones had penetrated over Pyongyang.

I'm Lee Hyungwon of YTN.

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