North Korea has built anti-tank trenches at two locations where it blew up inter-Korean roads last month, according to Seoul, in an apparent attempt to further demonstrate its resolve to cut off all links to the South.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said DPRK built the structures in less than a month, starting when it demolished inter-Korean road and rail links on the east and west coast (Donghae and Gyeongui lines) on Oct. 15.

North Korea deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy equipment at both construction sites to build the anti-tank barricades, according to ROK authorities. The trenches