North Korea says it has completely scrapped the 2018 inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA) and will resume “all” related military activities following South Korea’s partial suspension of the deal on Wednesday.

As a result the North Korean defense ministry said Thursday it “will forward deploy more powerful weapons and newer military equipment to the [border] area.”

Pyongyang blamed Seoul for the move, saying the “little shits of the so-called ‘Republic of Korea'” have been violating the deal “for a long time” and would be to blame for any subsequent breakout of war, according to the statement published in the Rodong