In the North, there are strong explosions on several roads and railways connecting to the South, where South Korean soldiers stationed on their side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), the heavily militarized de facto border equipped with landmines,

The largely symbolic move by Kim Jong Un's regime threatens to bring a new wave of escalations to the tumultuous North-South border.

North Korea blew up roads near the border on each side of the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, in another demonstration of cutting ties with the South. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the inter-Korean roads on the east and west coasts were been blasted by the North Korean military at around noon Tuesday.