North Korea’s army said it will take a “substantial military step” to completely cut off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border.

North Korea says it will permanently block its border with South Korea and boost its front-line defense posture to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not annou

North Korea’s military on Wednesday said it would completely sever road and railway connections to South Korea as a “self-defensive measure” in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the two countries.