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We all need to take seriously North Korea’s nuclear weapons testing. “They seem to be chiefly aimed at drowning out the South Korean broadcasts so that North Koreans can’t listen to them”, the official added.

“Our military fired warning shots after broadcasting a warning”.

Animosity has been high since the North’s claim on January 6 that it tested a hydrogen bomb.

It has become almost traditional now in the West to regard the threats and pronouncements of communist-led North Korea as the flag-swaddled ultra nationalistic delusions of the world’s last Stalinist-style regime, complete with mandatory spontaneous celebrations, fantastical propaganda, brutal oppression and varying degrees of devotion to a tottering family dynasty that has maintained an iron grip over the northern reaches of the Korean peninsula for nearly seven decades. So, it looks like being isolated internationally does not disturb North Korea much.

“Then it returned to the northern side of the border right away”, said Jeon Ha-gyu, the head of public affairs for the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea’s armed forces.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “We welcome the soldiers’ bravery, but we concluded that this crisis isn’t as serious as last year’s”, a spokesman told Chosun Ilbo, referring to a mine explosion in August 2015 which injured two South Korean soldiers.

“According to defectors who served on the North’s front line, they first didn’t trust what loudspeakers broadcast said, but they came to believe it and then crossed the border, risking their lives”, Park said in a televised speech Wednesday.

South Korea’s defense ministry said Thursday it is preparing to install large electronic billboards, similar to those used in sports stadiums, in the DMZ.

The council diplomat said the United States, which is leading the current negotiations, is consulting closely with China but also with other council members, including Japan. It is possible that North Korea’s design is expected to behave differently after ejection.

Writing on 38 North, a Johns Hopkins University website dedicated to North Korea issues, analyst John Schilling stated a third SLBM test in December 2015, that most likely failed, was probably conducted from an underwater barge than a submarine.

Immediately upon the release of the video by North Korean state media, officials at the South Korean Defense Ministry questioned its validity, stating that that they saw a number of signs that the video had been doctored, including the possibility that the launch video was spliced with Scud missile footage from 2014.