North Korea blows up inter-Korean road and rail line near border

North Korea blew up a section of inter-Korean roads and rail route on its side of the border between the two Koreas, prompting South Korea's military to fire warning shots. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports on the rising tension between the two countries.
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[@d112cons]

So they can blow up a 70 year old travelway. But can't shoot down a drone carrying paper. And that's supposed to be impressive.

[@46mrph]

@d112cons that really showed south Korea didn't it lol

[@marklynch1305]

They’re still stuck in the 40s and 50s

[@46mrph]

@@marklynch1305 in the 40's and 50's most people had power and indoor plumbing, North Korea 95% still don't have.

[@XItsChaBoi]

It’s like the war video of people doing monkey bars.

[@emiliochapa6024]

It’s all BS, every time US gets a new president. Rocket man starts his sh$t.

[@donadams8345]

This is a bit different. They often have a show of force of some sort. Numerous rocket launches often take place. Perhaps they can't afford such a display this time.

[@oddfox6776]

​@@donadams8345realistically speaking they can never afford it. Russia helps them out alll the time, im guessing the Kremlin is pretty occupied with Ukraine right now.

[@gregoryuschold3870]

45 shut Rocketman down. Now Ung has signed a mutual defense treaty with Russia and pledged thousands of soldiers to Ukraine. This admin “We think NK should stop doing this” or “Just Don’t”.

[@gititgotitgood]

trump's buddy

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Dudes father was threatening missiles long time back. The US always responds at home in defense strategy, you might not hear about it

[@Jerry12768]

Now they can become even more isolated and backwards

[@WessyD123]

if that was even possible.. lol

[@cinnabun715]

⁠@@WessyD123the poor people have zero choice in this azz backwards society

[@WessyD123]

@@cinnabun715 yeah, its total indoctrination there

[@Ash888Mohd]

I don't think that's the reason , i believe a war is gonna break out soon like that war we've been warned about

[@idfkidc]

They are doing this because south Korea said they would stop them sending munitions and soldiers to help russia. Seems like they will continue to do so and are cutting off south Korea in advance.

[@Jazzfestn]

Awww...now we South Koreans can't immigrate to North Korea!

[@lisaogembo473]

😂😂....

[@nicknevco215]

The sorrow hope you come to terms

[@JustinPuyear]

Bro you’re American 😂

[@HammerTime-y9r]

You wish you were good enough

[@JamminClemmons]

@@JustinPuyear What’s interesting about (you people) & your alcoholism, is that just a few years before the infamous potato famine, Ireland was the site of a massively successful temperance campaign led by the noted Catholic priest, Theobald Mathew. So successful was this campaign that between 1838 and 1841, their national alcohol consumption was cut in half.

[@Yvonmoua]

Brother and sister isolating N. Korea due to family dictatorship

[@robertjohnson3555]

This is what Trump family trying to do

[@ytzpilot]

They blew something up that would take 20 minutes to fill back in with a bulldozer

[@TheOrangePatriot]

🤣🤣

[@Psalm2710_]

My heart hurts for the people trapped there. 😢

[@danielmartin7838]

Mine doesn’t

[@tamarockstar09]

Sounds like he’s preparing for war

[@dinahwhite3929]

correct!

[@lisalee2885]

Taking advantage of the other Wars...🙏🤍🙏

[@therealBocaStudios]

They don’t have equipment, those arsenals are empty shells that are 70 years old.

[@edgarorube3641]

Stupid way to do it. their gonna need those roads and rails to supply troops.

[@marckobuendicho3883]

putting landmines is not the way for an attack lol

[@louisquatorze9280]

The road and rail line are unused, so who tf cares?

[@coldsoul333]

Symbolic! It's like burning your ex love letters

[@digitalworms]

Sent wrong McDonald's order on that rail! Have to have Dennis Rodman come over for a visit!

[@woundedwombmindoflilith278]

They're making sure they can never be used in an emergency.

[@RebelPongo]

We got world war 3 before gta 6 🗿

[@Forex-je8vr]

We've already got world war 3. We just won't be calling it that until a few more years have passed.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

Nooooo

[@briansmith2739]

More like WW4.

[@angster4267]

“WW5” - Peter Griffin

[@joev92]

bruh

[@Thunder_Dome45]

NK is no threat to anybody. He's like an infant.

[@EugWanker]

An infant with nuclear weapons

[@coldsoul333]

An infant with a nuke with nothing to look back and look forward to and know no consequences.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

@@EugWanker Ah he won't even dare use them.

[@hangten1904]

@@EugWanker North Korea always do stuff like this when they want food.

[@Uroki_ANGLIYSKOGO_s_Nulya_]

infant with nuclear missiles is even bigger threat.

[@zimti7390]

Nightmare Korea sent hundreds of trash filled balloons to the South The South sent some drones with leaflets in return Kim: 😡

[@TyeMaynard]

Use that little brain of yours to do a quick search, and you will find that the ROK started it by sending trash(leaflets) to the north

[@Crismodin]

North Korea has been doing nothing but playing real-life Sims 4 with no DLC.

[@lewisjulian0830]

The world is becoming a truly dark place. Why is all this aggression happening so non-stop?

[@april-showers77]

“And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:4-8‬

[@AfraidMonsters]

@@april-showers77chltism bot. There is no jshhus. Even liked its own bot teply

[@time4peace726]

Division of good and evil- all must choose in the end. Who do we serve? Only going to get worse.

[@GUnit-y9z]

Because Joe is on meds and our only other option is Trump 😢

[@GUnit-y9z]

​@@april-showers77I stopped reading after the second word

[@Choca3786]

That's just kim being kim, glad no one one hurt. That guy is a lunatic.

[@chriszamora574]

Little pooh bear is angwe.

[@lynniepoo-y5f]

[@OKAMIKNIGHTS]

lol if you didnt know pooh is a chines term for XIXI PING not KIM JUNG lol

[@shugg1658]

@@OKAMIKNIGHTSthat’s why he said “little” Pooh bear their Fatasses act alike kmsl

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

That’s Xi in China, not Lil Kimmy in NK lol

[@Scout34111]

America needs real leadership. Right now we don’t have it

[@pnwadventurer9674]

America can’t even shoot down a spy balloon so there’s that

[@JuanHernandez-pz2mx]

Kim Jun throwing a tantrum, is that even news anymore? I mean, his sad did the same thing for decades

[@markthomas4083]

My late uncle was a helicopter pilot stationed in northern South Korea. I was able to see the N Korean people. He said these poor people were skeletons with skin. Very sad. Can’t imagine how awful it would be to live in N Korea.

[@crinklecut3790]

They don’t need those roads and railways- they have improved relations with Russia and China now. This was a bold and smart move.

[@ringo3917]

….. they are literally siding with the bad guys and you’re calling this a smart move…. You’re stupid dude

[@americangraffiti6192]

He dose know drones don't use RR tracks? Right?? LoL 🤣

[@wbroderick3237]

Soldiers and tanks use what?

[@jian-pingshen4001]

At this moment, why SK intimates NK by sending flyers is a very interesting question.

[@FiendishlyDelightedSefto]

Why is south Korea violating its enemies air space?

[@sociolocomtsac]

North Korea is sending balloons full of poop/trash first

[@GThomas-q1e]

Looks like Kim Jong Un didn't get his pablum on time.

[@lorenheard2561]

🍼😂

[@neubianx]

weakness invites aggression

[@jamiemezs9891]

Funny that those roads were the very ones used by the north Korean people to Escape to the south .

[@gmangoodtime9505]

Kim and his baby temper tantrum 😩😫 just like Donald Trump!

[@CarloEnrico532]

His army look like a bunch of of Taylor swift fans 💀

[@MistSoalar]

it only tells that the north had enough food for this winter. they normally don't do this when they're begging for food

[@tiantian5549]

They got from Russia

[@meriliu8688]

​@@tiantian5549usually China provides food for NK.

[@Jonathon1031]

We need a real leader in office that he will fear

[@emilianogabriel9613]

Crazy leader

[@Platizza]

Calm down its editing, they are both real clips, it's not that hard.

[@331SVTCobra]

Kim Jong finally saw "Crash Landing On You" and is NOT amused!

[@singledijjiti.q.2294]

What exactly is a "warning shot " from South Korea ?

[@anniehills3580]

NK IS STUCK IN THE 1940s!!! He thinks showing off his toys, puffing up his chest, blowing up his own country😂😂😂the dude is ready for a padded cell😅

[@lorenheard2561]

🇰🇷💙🤍❤️- 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙✝️🦁🦁

[@liar-liar]

Well.... NK saw something sinister coming their way 😂😂

[@anniehills3580]

NK think SK will attack by land, at their border😂😂

[@billdurham8477]

He's afraid of James Franco and Seth Rogan driving in with a tank.

[@Dashlightt]

Why are North Korea doing that if South Korea is the same thing

[@billbonu1639]

He knows he won't be doing anything after January 5

[@kgdynamic]

He can do anything now He has Putin on his side

[@SarahGreen-h5n]

He will do whatever China tells him to do.

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Starving his people and building nukes Oh My

[@yosub1225]

As a Korean guy, this is kinda Kim Jung eun's mastervation. It is supposed to be shooting rockets, but he needs to save some for Trump.

[@sgtsims512]

You can return to North Korea before your dad tells you to return home.

[@joey7179]

this is all donalds trumps faults 😭

[@technomage6736]

Triggered warning shots? What did they get startled by the explosion and started shaking their fists and firing in the air? 😂

[@highhemp8448]

They blew up their own roads. Why is this news?

[@st.dennie1149]

How is it NK provoking SK by this act when SK initially lied and then admitted they're dropping propaganda over their cities? "South Korea cries out in pain as it strikes you"

[@cheifcreekturtle]

I’m shocked they waited this long

[@PAPOOSELAKESURFER]

"The unused roads ...." what difference does it make?

[@roymoxley2587]

It’s fake news bs They need to disclose bs

[@Mrgamblez]

The presidential press conference guy can't even take them serious lol he was steady ☺ talking about n.korea antics lol

[@FreePalestine_949]

And there goes US telling other states what to do 😂

[@harveycasey1900]

So Noth Korea can send balloons filled with trash into South Korea, but the South can't fly drones over the North. OK, got it🙄

[@BubbaDog001]

So they gave their dirt road a few potholes… Scary.

[@ChopLiverrrr]

Kim Jong-Un just blew up a bunch of names because the sky is blue and the opposite of down is up 😅

[@soulssister1show488]

Instead of our world going forwards it seems we still got so much more to go.

[@dingloong2470]

Marshal Kim's way of doing things is still as fiery as ever.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

LOL, he's koo-koo for Kommunism.🤪

[@GengarJ]

wonder how long it will be till the 2nd Korean War

[@susanpetropoulos1039]

Never was a war, only a military exercise or conflict or police action, thereby avoiding responsibility by which, come to think of it, sounds eerily familiar these days.

[@therealBocaStudios]

They are aware of the US elections upcoming. N. Koreans in droves go to the south to work each day. Let that get disrupted.

[@AfraidMonsters]

Wth are you typing about

[@grundged]

Rocket boy strikes again. 😂

[@Playpubgm1120]

How will all the people that want to get into North Korea get there now?! 😂

[@under-a-rock5444]

I came for the comments to help me figure out the “why” behind this action, however I was the first viewer……

[@WessyD123]

saber-rattling

[@1RungAtATime]

Well, because NORTH KOREA IS BEST KOREA!

[@S1k18]

As a sort of "show" to tell the world they are not negotiable for anything... did u watch the video?

[@under-a-rock5444]

@@S1k18 This time yes. Most of the time no (it just plays in the background) the comment section usually gives the REAL reason something is done.

[@KYLOWW]

They are all crazy people

[@rational-public-discourse]

It was probably the CIA.

[@ilovethe80sNW]

Proof?

[@unsuppressedspeech4946]

I don't see a problem....

[@06Pine]

How does this affect LeBrons legacy

[@KyFiGz]

LeComrade

[@JohnMichaelGunner]

Your comment/question makes ZERO sense.

[@palmstring1]

What among the isotopes are you typing about?!

[@scottmurphy3896]

The whole North Korean situation makes no sense

[@jbsang54]

These two are going to go at it pretty soon.

[@Robert-wv8vn]

He looks like a bad guy from a super super low budget movie.😊

[@Ph_0009]

Funny that the road that was blown up! It was abandoned. So it doesn't make any difference to anyone.

[@Sliverbane]

They're just mad they have to wait for the next season of Hellbound.

[@乃-v8g]

I hate all the comments who seems not to be affected in the future by this, mocking, escalating, joking as if wanting to start the war.

[@diannethomas7057]

SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL the little Dictator

[@rickchambers73]

ROCKET MAN GOING GETTO

[@christiancrawford4830]

Dude why do they keep there people isolated?

[@faithyates7826]

Lol. Rocket man is doing damage to his own country. Feed your people Rocket Man.

[@PAOLO_01]

Thank you for sharing this video for everyone to see.

[@zimti7390]

I feel like Nightmare Korea has done that kind of thing before

[@Sango-po5pi]

NK doesnt even have the money to fix that road if they change their mind lol.

[@rc_car_adventours]

Big Fat Boy in tantrums again...probably ran out of his meds becoz of the sanctions 😂

[@justjokinntokin5474]

Reminds me when Randy marsh from South Park blew up the tweeks yard for growing home grown weed 😂

[@Ailenna]

Kim John UN, having a bit of afternoon delight 😂😂😂😂 The President with the darkest, funnest hobby, keep it that way, just a tiny, tiny hobby. Love from Miami. Ailenna ❤

[@calidude5116]

Yt ppl making jokes while the world is playing lol. You guys are so ignorant no wonder you're losing America and the UK at the same time😂😂😂😂

[@dabtheplanet]

North and South Korea should unite and live in peace and prosper together and love the rest of the world. Thanks.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

I can't believe I'm saying thips but if it's on their side they can do what they want. Lolz

[@travd6653]

Guess we’re going to be sending more troops to SK now..

[@henryaebikes6992]

why did he blow that road? is he so afraid the south will invade the North by which?

[@charleslord266]

Who does this hurt? Kinda stupid.

[@Glaudge]

Thought they signed a peace treaty a few years ago?

[@Mike-h7y6v]

Closed country

[@Lelapeace]

Russia is the second strongest military in the world and still unable to take Ukraine yet Why people are scare about North Korea

[@dustup2249]

South Korea has recently turned sour on the issue of US military bases on their soil actively egging on North V South separation and aggression. US military interests in the form of US defense industry corporations infesting boards of directors of strategic S Korean manufacturers. The Pentagon loosened their leash and this is the result--- racheting of tensions which will make S Korea glad the US is on Korean soil to protect them.

[@SLOTH11B]

Get ready….

[@GeneralMoss]

did that scare some people in the south; I bet some SK troops had to change their pants thinking NK was coming.

[@5starlifestyle555]

I don't think this was done to keep south Korea out I think this was done to keep north Koreans in

[@룰러-j7u]

표면적인 이유 : 한국의 기독교 단체가 평양에 무인기를 보냈습니다. 무인기는 김정은과 그의 일가를 비방하는 종이를 뿌렸으며 김정은의 여동생은 극대노 했습니다

[@justinfitzsimmons9635]

They just want some attention

[@ChosenCarter-ln7xs]

I feel sorry those that reside in North Korea especially having to fake clap & get excited every time you see or mention him 😤

[@NYchristofferflowers]

Now how will N Korea receive international aid?

[@kevinjenner9502]

Kim recently raised admission fees for viewing the USS Pueblo, citing inflation rather than sanctions.

[@Bill-vo1wn]

How about our BOARDER buckwheat? WAKE up AMERICA 🇺🇸