South Korea vows to retaliate against any North military action

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South Korean K-55 self-propelled howitzers are loaded onto vehicles in Paju, near the border with North Korea, on Wednesday. North Korea said it will redeploy troops to now-shuttered inter-Korean tourism and economic sites near the border. © AP

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

June 17, 2020 12:25 JST

Updated on June 17, 2020 15:21 JST

SEOUL -- South Korea vowed Wednesday to retaliate against any North Korea military action after Pyongyang threatened to send troops into border areas.

"The North will pay the price for any military actions," Major General Jeon Dong-jin of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters. "We are monitoring North Korean forces' movements around the clock. We keep a firm military readiness and will continue to make efforts to stop military tensions from escalating."