PYONGYANG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday that her country will use loudspeakers for psychological warfare against the Republic of Korea (ROK) along the border this month, state media reported.
Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, made the remarks in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Kim confirmed she had inspected the country's southern border in the early hours of Wednesday with Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defense of the DPRK.
Noting that the southern border had "turned into a fortress," Kim said the country's security was guaranteed qualitatively.
She accused the ROK of committing "provocative warning loudspeaker blaring and shots again in at least two spots" on Wednesday, according to the KCNA report.
"Our tactical hunting teams are taking new positions, and within October, the loudspeakers for psychological warfare against the ROK will be in operation along the whole border," said Kim.
She warned that if the ROK's warning shots resulted in actual harm to the DPRK's territorial security or the safety of its service personnel, the country's border guards would show "no mercy." ■