North Korea Pleads to Invite 1.4 Million Volunteers to Infiltrate Unmanned Weapons..."Silence" for the road blast.

[Anchor]
North Korea is encouraging hostility by claiming that South Korean drones penetrated Pyongyang every day.

There are reports today that young people are pouring in to join the military, but attention is being paid to the background because they are silent about the news about the inter-Korean road that was blown up yesterday.

I'll connect you to a reporter.

Reporter Lee Jong-gu! After North Korea blew up roads yesterday, the North Korean media is not reporting this?

[Reporter]
Yes. A day later, North Korea has yet to announce its bombing of the Gyeongui Line and the East Sea Line inter-Korean road.

The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Labor Party, did not report the road blast today (16th).

The Korean Central Television and the Korean Central News Agency have yet to report on the matter.

Earlier, when North Korea blew up the joint inter-Korean liaison office at the Kaesong Industrial Complex on June 16, 2020, the Korean Central News Agency reported the same day and the Rodong Sinmun the next day.

Various analyses are possible on this, and some explain that they may not feel the need to announce the bombing of some roads in a hurry as the Gyeongui and Donghae lines have been cut since the end of last year.

At the same time, it is possible to infer that North Korea's internal justification for the "two hostile state theories" declared by Chairman Kim Jong-un at the end of last year has not been completed, so it may not have informed the people.

Earlier, the Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean legislative body, revised the constitution on the 7th and 8th, but has not disclosed whether it has newly included the deletion of unification expressions and the establishment of territorial provisions ordered by Chairman Kim earlier this year.

[Anchor]
Instead, North Korean media are reporting on the infiltration of Pyongyang drones on a daily basis, right?

[Reporter]
North Korea said it would take revenge on South Korea for infiltrating drones into Pyongyang and distributing leaflets to the North, claiming that young people are pouring in.

The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, reported on its front page (16th) that 1.4 million young people from all over the country signed a petition to join the army and return, saying the country is full of destructive will to punish South Korea for violating North Korea's sovereignty and safety.

North Korea has sought to unite the system by highlighting external threats at every opportunity and conveying the news of young people's enlistment pleas in state media.

It seems that he has once again chosen the method of instigation that has been used frequently.

The Rodong Sinmun also published several articles saying that residents who heard that Korean drones had penetrated Pyongyang were paying off by pouring out their infuriating anger into agriculture.

The Rodong Sinmun, which previously reported the North Korean Foreign Ministry's grave statement that a South Korean drone penetrated Pyongyang on the 12th, has since published articles criticizing South Korea on pages 1 and 2 every day.

I'm YTN Lee Jong-gu in the political department.