Seoul warned that it would “resolutely punish” any further “provocations” by North Korea on Tuesday, pushing back against a Kim Yo Jong statement threatening to restart border loudspeaker broadcasts.

Experts told NK News that the latest threats by the North Korean leader’s sister seek to pressure Seoul to scale back warning shots that have been disrupting DPRK forces border construction before winter, while exploiting the Lee administration’s reluctance to resume loudspeaker propaganda.

“If North Korea carries out additional provocations using our legitimate measures as a pretext, we will resolutely punish it,” South Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on