North Korea claims to "revenge to the end" Qingwatai meeting, South Korean military is on high alert

　　North Korea wants to "revenge to the end", the Korean army is on high alert

　　[Global Times Special Correspondent in North Korea Mang 9 Morning Global Times Special Correspondent Ji Dong] South Korea’s failure to properly handle the issue of anti-DPRK flyers distributed by the "North Korean defectors" group has aroused the "outraged anger" of the North Korean people! The North Korean media issued a document on the 14th stating that North Korea will "revenge to the end" against Seoul. The day before, senior North Korean officials said they would "cut the sword" with South Korea, suggesting that they would take military action against Seoul. Pyongyang's position caused deep concern in South Korea. Qingwatai held an emergency meeting in the early morning of the 14th to discuss this. The South Korean military also changed its previous calmness, saying that the South Korean military is maintaining a high level of alert and paying close attention to the Korean military.

　　North Korea wants to "make two cuts"

　　North Korea’s main media, “Democratic North Korea,” issued an article on the 14th that the South Korean authorities who indulged and sheltered the “North Korean defectors” from conducting provocative acts against North Korea aroused the volcanic revenge of the entire North Korean people. Through this incident, the North Korean people have become more firm in their thoughts on the enemy: the enemy is the enemy and can only relentlessly retaliate. The South Korean authorities must realize that nothing can calm "our monstrous anger". North Korea's "Labor News" published a signed article entitled "The People's Punishment Is Unstoppable" on the 14th, saying that people who cover up and connivance should be more severely punished than criminals. According to the will of the North Korean people who are indignant, North Korea’s intelligence-free response has already begun. “We will continue the intelligence-free response to the end as announced to the world.”

　　The day before, Kim Hae-jung, the first deputy minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, made a statement, criticizing South Korea’s ineffective handling of the distribution of anti-DPRK leaflets by "North Korean defectors," and said that the DPRK would take the next stage of action against South Korea. The Korean Central News Agency said that Jin Youzheng said that with the authorization of the DPRK’s top leader and the party and the state, she had instructed the relevant "work against the enemy" department to implement the next phase of action. Soon, you will see the "tragic fragmented scene" of the Korea-Korea joint liaison office. Jin Youzheng also stated on the "next plan" that he would hand over the exercise of the enemy's actions to the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, believing that the Korean Army would take action "to calm the anger of the Korean people." According to the South China Morning Post, some South Korean politicians believe that North Korea has a "high possibility" of launching military operations near the border. Yang Wuren, a professor at North Korea Research University in Seoul, said North Korea may have opened fire on land and sea near the border between North Korea and South Korea.

　　South Korea is deeply worried

　　North Korea’s position has raised serious concerns in South Korea. According to Yonhap News Agency reported on the 14th, the General Staff of the Korean People's Army is equivalent to the Joint Staff Headquarters of the ROK, and can exercise the "military command power" to command military operations. Kim Yo-jung gave the authority to the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army to be interpreted as that Kim Yo-jung directed and approved the military to take military action against South Korea. The Korean Ministry of Unification said on the 14th that the government believes that the current situation is very serious, and reiterated that the ROK and the DPRK should work together to comply with all agreements signed by the two sides.

　　South Korean Defense Minister Zheng Jingdou held an emergency meeting on the morning of the 14th to check the military's security situation and discuss how to deal with North Korea. After that, the South Korean Ministry of Defense stated that the current situation is very severe. The Korean army is maintaining a high level of alertness and is closely watching the movement of the Korean army. It is worth noting that even when the DPRK declared that it would abolish the "September 19 Military Agreement" and close all communication lines between the two countries, the South Korean military did not express its position. However, this time the military believed that the situation was grim, so it expressed concern about the movement of the DPRK. In addition, the Blue House of the Presidential Palace of South Korea held an emergency meeting of the National Security Council Standing Committee in the early morning of the 14th to discuss the current situation on the peninsula and its solution. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Jinghe, Unification Minister Jin Lianhe, and Defense Minister Zheng Jingdou and others attended the meeting. The South Korean government did not disclose the decision of the meeting on the 14th.

　　The United States may receive "October surprise"?

　　The Yonhap News Agency said that the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Korean and Korean "June 15 Joint Declaration" is coming, but the North Korean nuclear issue is still pending, and the relationship between South Korea and North Korea is near and far, and the sawing pattern has become the norm. Although the South Korean side is actively responding to the issue of leaflets, North Korea is not expected to stop easily. South Korean conservative media criticized the government’s policy toward the DPRK, but the Korean National Daily commented that the harder the situation in the ROK and the DPRK, the more efforts must be made to prevent the possibility of the situation from disappearing. The report also urged North Korea not to push the situation to an irreversible stalemate, otherwise the international community’s public opinion on the DPRK will deteriorate and it will also have a negative impact on the resumption of dialogue between the DPRK and the US after the US election. According to the South China Morning Post, former South Korean parliamentarian Park Ji-won urged South Korea to immediately send a special envoy to the president to Pyongyang to ease the situation.

　　"Voice of America" ​​commented on the 14th that North Korea's statement the day before was Pyongyang's most direct threat to South Korea recently. Some analysts said that North Korea seems to be preparing for a major operation, perhaps to allow South Korea to make economic or other concessions. "German Voice" commented on the 14th that although North Korea said that the recent criticism of the South Korean government was due to Seoul’s failure to properly handle the issue of anti-DPRK flyers distributed by the "North Korean defectors" groups, experts believe that Pyongyang’s real purpose is to increase US pressure requires the US to relax sanctions on North Korea.

　　The National Broadcasting Corporation said on the 14th that the White House did not comment on North Korea's latest move. Some American experts believe that North Korea may do something provocative in the fall to punish US President Trump during the campaign. "Maybe it was a surprise in October." said Klino, a former analyst of the US Central Intelligence Agency and an observer of North Korea.