S. Korea slams N. Korea's expanded border fencing as armistice agreement violation

The South Korean military on Monday denounced North Korea's intensified border fencing as a violation of the armistice agreement that halted the 1950-53 Korean War, following a report that the fences have been built very close to the inter-Korean border.

The JoongAng Ilbo reported that the North has installed barbed wire fences just 80-90 meters from the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, clearing land to plant mines as close as 5-10 meters to the MDL, citing military sources a ...