N. Korean soldiers train to destroy Seoul: lawmaker
By Jun Ji-hye
North Korea is currently conducting a military assault exercise that envisions the destruction of key facilities in Seoul using replicas of the targeted sites, a lawmaker said Tuesday, citing military officials.
Rep. Lee Cheol-woo of the ruling Saenuri Party told reporters that the exercise is part of what the Kim Jong-un regime threateningly announced recently as “an operation to liberate Seoul.”
He made the remark after a meeting between the party and the government held at the National Assembly, during which the Ministry of National Defense made a report of recent movements of North Korean soldiers.
On Saturday, the General Staff of the (North) Korean People’s Army said in a statement that it will counter the enemies’ landing drill that aims to advance into Pyongyang with “the operation to liberate the whole of South Korea including Seoul and the enemies’ tactics of high-density strike with an ultra-precision blitzkrieg strike of the Korean style.”
The statement was issued as South Korea and the United States conducted their biennial amphibious attack exercises on beaches near South Korea’s eastern coastal city of Pohang on the day.
Rep. Lee added that North Korea could carry out additional military provocations such as sending drones to South Korea, conducting terrorist attacks in the capital or rear areas, launching missiles or GPS jamming to protest the ongoing Key Resolve and Foal Eagle drills, which began on March 7 and will run until March 18 and April 30, respectively.
“The South Korean military is having preparatory training against the possibilities,” he said.
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