North Korea: Is a new war looming? "A terrible catastrophe for sure"

The West North Korea: Is a new war looming? "A terrible catastrophe for sure" Article by Henrik Jonathan Zinn • 4 hours • 2 minutes reading time The year 2024 is marked by war and suffering. Fighting has now been going on in Ukraine for over 950 days, and the Hamas massacre in Israel has also been a year old. Now another conflict is threatening to escalate, that between South Korea and North Korea. The trigger is said to be drones that allegedly penetrated Kim Jong-un's territory. The tensions between North Korea and South Korea go back decades. At the heart of this is the dispute over power on the Korean peninsula. This was part of the Japanese colonial empire until the end of World War II. When the Japanese Empire surrendered on September 2, 1945, occupied Korea was divided into two parts. The north of the country was occupied by the Soviet Union, the south by the USA. North Korea: "Serious military attack" The interim solution resulted in the founding of the constituent states three years later: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Since then, a 250-kilometer-long border line has existed between the states. It is four kilometers wide and is referred to as the demilitarized zone (DMZ). However, it is one of the zones with the largest military presence in the world. The states do not recognize each other and are officially at war. The trigger was the Korean War in 1950, in which troops from North Korea invaded the South. The armistice agreement concluded in 1953 by the United Nations, China and North Korea was not signed by South Korea. The conflict is now being fueled once again, as North Korea accuses South Korea of ​​sending propaganda drones into its own territory on October 3, 9 and 10. These were discovered in the airspace of the North Korean capital Pyongyang. South Korea did not confirm the incident. The powerful sister of ruler Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo Jong, threatened the neighboring country. If another drone were to be discovered, it would "certainly lead to a terrible catastrophe." The drones dropped propaganda leaflets. The fact that South Korea does not want to confirm the incident is, for Kim Yo Jung, tantamount to a confession by the "military gangsters." The North Korean news agency KCNA reports that the leaflets were full of "seditious rumors and rubbish." It was a "wanton violation of international law and a serious military attack."