North Korea says it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify nat

North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders.

While the moves were likely a pressure tactic, it’s unclear how they will affect ties with South Korea since cross-border travel and exchanges have been halted for years.

North Korea’s military said it will “completely cut off roads and railways” linked to South Korea and “fortify the relevant areas of our side with strong defense structures,” according to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

  • SalehEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    As nobody tried to sneak in from the West that is silly. Also people from the West could easily visit the East as long as they exchanged some money.

    The GDR calling the Wall to imprison its own people some sort of protection has nothing to do with the problems of Nazis making careers again in Western Germany. These spanned police, military, politics, administrations, judges…

    It is a big problem of its own, especially now that it shows how little was learned from German history and with Nazis like Hans Martin Schleyer being glorified.

    But none of these justifies the Wall in Berlin and the other border between East and West Germany.

    • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
      210·
      1 month ago

      nobody tried to sneak in front the west

      If you did the slightest bit of reading about this topic, you’d understand this statement is patently false.

      https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0001109662.pdf

      Between the beginning of 1951 and mid-1955, about 1.5 million persons migrated from East Germany to West Germany. During the same period, about 300,000 persons went from West Germany to East Germany.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:West_German_defectors_to_East_Germany

      • SalehEnglish
        6·
        1 month ago

        The wall was built in 1961

      • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 month ago

        Mate, why are you selecting a timespan* like that? The Russian occupation started 1945, that’s when most fled. Something like 15 million fled to the West. Generally most wanted to get away from the Russians. A list of 16(!) defectors is rather irrelevant in this context.

        *Huh, I wonder why:

        By the 1950s, the GDR began to tighten its emigration laws and stigmatize Republikflucht in an attempt to curtail legal emigration, including requiring de-registration with East German authorities and permission to leave the country under threat of prison sentences up to three years. A propaganda booklet published by the GDR’s

      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 month ago

        Why would fascists defect to East Germany if West Germany was fascist? I don’t see a single fascist on that list of defectors, just socialists and communists