Tensions On Korean Peninsula Spike As Warning Shots Fired Along DMZ
” …ROK military warmongers committed such a serious provocation as firing more than 10 warning shots with 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun at the DPRK soldiers who were conducting a permanent barrier project near the southern border line.” ~Ko Jong Chol, vice-chief, the General Staff
The Libertarian Institute…
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are spiking as South Korean troops fired on North Korean soldiers near the demilitarized zone. The friction between Pyongyang, Seoul, and Washington has escalated due to large-scale US and South Korean war games.
Seoul claimed on Saturday that its forces had fired on North Korean soldiers who had crossed the DMZ. Pyongyang strongly condemned the South Korean soldiers’ actions. A North Korean official explained that Pyongyang informed Washington that its troops would be operating near the border to avoid a misunderstanding.
Ko Jong Chol Army Lieutenant General Ko Jong Chol, vice-chief of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said, “On August 19, the ROK military warmongers committed such a serious provocation as firing more than 10 warning shots with 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun at the DPRK soldiers who were conducting a permanent barrier project near the southern border line.”
“This is a very serious prelude that would inevitably drive the situation in the southern border area where a huge number of forces are stationing in confrontation with each other to the uncontrollable phase and the DPRK army is keeping tabs on the present situation,” he added.
The warning shots were fired as the US and South Korea are conducting large-scale, live-fire war games. The military drills are running for 11 days and involve 21,000 soldiers. Pyongyang slammed the war games as extremely provocative:
“The joint military drill being staged on land, at sea and in the air of the ROK under the deceptive signboard of ‘shield of freedom,’ is an extremely provocative and aggressive large-scale drill for an actual war aimed at a sudden preemptive attack on North Korea.”
The North Korean spokesman continued, “The gravity and danger of the drill lie in the fact that it includes the application of ‘OPLAN 2022,’ a war scenario simulating ‘preemptive strike’ against the nuclear facilities of the DPRK.”
Trump: “I have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. I look forward to seeing him again. I know him better than almost anybody other than his sister. She knows him pretty well.”
Trump:
I have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. I look forward to seeing him again.
I know him better than almost anybody other than his sister. She knows him pretty well. pic.twitter.com/qqoi5KjnHw
— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 25, 2025
Additionally, Pyongyang tested two new types of air defense missiles. The large-scale annual war games conducted by the US and South Korea often cause a spike in tensions. North Korea typically responds with fiery rhetoric, missile tests, and reciprocal military drills.
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