Update: South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff told the Wall Street Journal on Monday morning that reports of North Korea deploying landing craft towards the frontline are not true

As marathon inter-Korean talks entered their third day, North Korea deployed amphibious landing crafts carrying special forces towards the frontline, military sources said on Monday.

Approximately ten “air cushioned landing crafts” left their base in Cholsan and sailed forward to a naval base some 60km north of the Northern Limit Line, anonymous sources told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency on Monday.

The development comes as marathon negotiations between the two Koreas, which resumed on Sunday afternoon after