The Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea called out the statement of the sister of DPRK leader Kim Yo Jong on January 6 that the South Korean military was misled and mistook the detonation of explosives for shots fired from a distance. North Korean coastal artillery as an element of psychological warfare. This was reported by Yonhap News Agency.
The committee emphasized that South Korean intelligence was monitoring North Korea’s actions and that artillery fire was recorded the previous day.
According to them, the statement by Kim Jong-un’s sister was aimed at shaking the South Korean people’s confidence in the armed forces and provoking a conflict within the Republic of Korea.
Before that, Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un statedIt is stated that South Korean officials were subjected to a “baptism by fire” with their actions and statements.
On the morning of January 5, North Korea fired approximately 200 artillery shells at South Korea. During the bombardment, South Korean authorities announced the evacuation of Yeonpyeongdo Island residents.
The South Korean military determined that the bullets fell in the maritime buffer zone north of the two countries’ de facto maritime border in the Yellow Sea. South Korea also fired approximately 400 rounds in response.
Formerly North Korea spent Exercises simulating a nuclear attack on South Korea.