NORTH KOREA BLEW RODS, RAILRODS CONNECTING NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA
North Korea decided to cut the potential transportation ties with South Korea, departing from the doctrine of unifying the peninsula.
This violates treaties between the two countries and rises questions about reasons what Pyongyang is planning with this move, right in the beginning of the winter, when food and fuel shortages are expected in the communist country.
The roads were built with South Korea financing at the tune of 123 million dollars and were part of a strategy of reconciliation with the two countries. The debt is still standing.
Pyongyang is known for antics to attract attention to their leader and blame South Korea for warmongering when it knows there will be shortage of food and fuel, stoking nationalism within their borders and victimizing themselves in order for their diplomats to go on a begging campaign for food aid.
REFERENCES:
North Korea Blows Up Roads in Ominous Move Against South Korea – Newsweek
North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border | Reuters