North Korea recently demolished facilities near major roads connecting it to South Korea, Seoul’s defense ministry confirmed on Monday, while local media reported that the DPRK also installed landmines near three inter-Korean crossings. 

The destruction of the facilities near the Gyeongui road on the west and the Donghae road near the east coast follows the collapse of an inter-Korean military deal last year.

It also comes after North Korea abandoned the goal of reunification late last year, declaring the South a separate enemy state. Leader Kim Jong Un specifically ordered officials to destroythe Gyeongui line to an “irrevocable” state