South Korea vows 'resolute punishment' after North Korea threatens to deploy more tactical weapons along the border

Kim Yo Jong told North Korean state media that Pyongyang is also weighing a restart of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts at the frontier. The North accuses Seoul of firing warning shots and warning broadcasts repeatedly since August. South Korea's Defence Ministry called those shots a 'legitimate defensive measure' against incursions across the Military Demarcation Line. It demanded Pyongyang halt the crossings.

Joint Chiefs chairman Jin Young-seung toured a frontline army command to review military readiness.