North Korea Weighs More Border Weapons and Broadcasts

North Korea is considering deploying additional tactical strike weapons near its border with South Korea and resuming broadcasts toward the South, Kim Yo Jong said Monday, drawing a warning from Seoul that it would respond firmly to further provocations. Kim, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accused South Korean troops of threatening North Korean personnel working on border fortifications. In a statement carried by North Korean state media, she said Pyongyang was weighing the weapons deployment and a return to loudspeaker broadcasts. The statements describe possible actions under consideration; the reports do not establish that either has occurred. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said its warning broadcasts and shots near the Military Demarcation Line were defensive measures intended to prevent North Korean troops from crossing the boundary or to compel them to withdraw. The ministry voiced serious concern over Kim’s criticism and said it would respond firmly if North Korea carried out further provocations. Kim claimed South Korea had conducted thousands of warning broadcasts and 201 warning shots between August 1 and October 17. A South Korean Joint Chiefs of...