South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung has claimed that North Korea’s construction of border barriers betrayed its concern that former President Yoon Suk-yeol would attack, suggesting that the walls in the demilitarized zone were a harbinger of Yoon’s martial law plans.

During a campaign rally in Seoul on Monday, Lee speculated that Pyongyang built these barriers out of fear of a South Korean military advance. 

“North Korea must be struggling economically, so why else would they build walls unless they felt threatened?” Lee said, adding that when even North Korea felt threatened, it made him believe that the Yoon administration