N.Korea boosts frontline troop strength as South readies broadcasts - report

Reuters

8 January 2016 at 2:15 am

A North Korean guard post (bottom) is seen in front of the North Korea's propaganda village Kaepoong in this picture taken from the Unification Observation Platform, near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

North Korean soldiers in an observatory post are seen from the Chinese side in Tumen, China, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A South Korean soldier takes a rest as he leans on a moblie artillery vehicle at a training field near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

A propaganda slogan and portraits of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) and his father and founder of North Korea Kim Il Sung (L) are seen in a North Korean village on the banks of the Tumen river, which is seen from the Chinese side in Tumen, China, January 7, 2016. The slogan reads,"Hurrah, great leader Kim Jong Un". REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A North Korean soldier smiles near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, as seen from the opposite Chinese border city of Dandong, in this photo taken by Kyodo January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kyodo

A North Korean guard post is seen in front of the North Korea's propaganda village Kaepoong in this picture taken from the Unification Observation Platform, near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in Paju

A North Korean guard post (bottom) is seen in front of the North Korea's propaganda village Kaepoong in this picture taken from the Unification Observation Platform, near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, January 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has increased the number of troops at some forward-deployed units as South Korea readied to restart propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation for the North's nuclear test, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. The broadcasts, which North Korea considers insulting, were scheduled to start at noon local time (0300 GMT) after Pyongyang conducted a fourth nuclear test on Wednesday. Seoul said the test was a "grave violation" of an August agreement that ended earlier loudspeaker broadcasts. The Yonhap report cited an unidentified defence official. The South has raised its military alert to the highest level in areas near the loudspeakers, and has also stepped up its cyber security level. South Korea's Unification Ministry said earlier that it was not yet considering shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex run jointly with the North, located north of the heavily militarised border. The ministry also said there had been no government decision on what North Korea needed to do to end the propaganda broadcasts. The August agreement ended an armed standoff that had been triggered by earlier loudspeaker broadcasts. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Michael Perry and Paul Tait)

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