North Korea to ‘permanently’ block border links to ‘hostile’ South

North Korea says it will sever all road and rail links with the South. The announcement by the country’s army was Pyongyang’s first publicised military action to cut physical ties with its neighbour. The North’s military general staff made the declaration on October 9, 2024, after the Supreme People’s Assembly – North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament – held a session to revise the constitution.