(VOVWORLD) - North Korea has completely cut off its road and rail routes to South Korea through the eastern and western areas of North Korea's southern border, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
 People watch news coverage of North Korea blowing up parts of inter-Korean roads at Seoul Station in Seoul on October 15, 2024. (Photo: Yonhap) |
"The General Staff of the Korean People's Army on October 15 took a measure to physically cut off the DPRK's roads and railways which lead to the ROK [Republic of Korea] through the east and west sections of the southern border of the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] as part of the phased complete separation of its territory, where its sovereignty is exercised, from the ROK's territory," reads a statement.
120 meters-long sections of the roads and railways in Kamho-ri, Kosong County, Kangwon Province; and Tongnae-ri, Panmun District, Kaesong Municipality have been completely blocked through blasting, the report said.
These road and rail routes were important links between North and South Korea, used for economic cooperation projects and humanitarian programs.