NORTH KOREA - SEOUL. North Korea issued no new statements against South Korea for the second day Friday as state media reported that people from all walks of life in the communist nation are exploding with anger at the South.
The North has sharply ratcheted up tensions in anger over anti-Pyongyang leaflets flown from the South. It has made a series of bellicose threats and rhetoric that culminated with Tuesday's shocking demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong.
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Pyongyang has also vowed to cut off all cross-border communication lines, redeploy troops to joint economic zones near the border, restore guard posts removed from the Demilitarized Zone and restart military exercises near the border.
Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued a harshly worded statement against South Korean President Moon Jae-in, saying his recent speech urging the North not to backtrack on the peace process was "disgusting."
Since Wednesday's statement from the leader's sister, the North has not issued any official statements or comments, raising the possibility that the communist nation could be quietly preparing to carry out threatened military action.
But the South said it has detected no signs that suggest the North is following through with the threat.
"No actions directly related to the General Staff spokesperson's warnings have been confirmed," a military official told reporters.
