PYONGYANG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Senior officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have inspected pivotal positions under fortification along the country's southern border, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.
Pak Jong Chon, marshal of the Korean People's Army (KPA) and advisor to the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK, took the inspection tour on Wednesday, along with Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and Kim Yo Jong, director of the General Affairs Department of the WPK Central Committee, among other major commanding officers of the KPA General Staff.
During the inspection at the southern border, Pak instructed the DPRK troops to "never pardon" enemy troops but "launch prompt and resolute action," if they are under safety threat by provocations of "warning loudspeaker blaring" and shots from across the border, the KCNA report said.
Noting the importance of proactive measures for protecting the lives and safety of the DPRK service personnel, he said that "now is the time to organize the firepower strong enough to strike terror into the enemy's heart," according to the KCNA report.
Kim said a new batch of firepower units have been deployed to combat positions, noting that the head of state of the DPRK has issued an order to fortify the southern border, with an aim of making it "eternally impregnable," and that "there will be never ever compromise in exercising our territorial sovereignty," the KCNA report said.
"Nothing can stem the historical process of the fortification of the DPRK's southern border," the report quoted Kim as saying. ■
