STVR | KLDR to cut off road and rail links to South Korea

KLDR has closed all roads connecting the country with South Korea. It accuses it of escalating tensions and has officially designated it as an enemy state. South Korea, on the other hand, warns the KLDR against reckless steps that could lead to the end of its authoritarian regime. Tereza Novotná, associate fellow of EUROPEUM Institute, commented for Slovakian Radio STVR.

North Korea voluntarily shut itself down for several years. There have been various natural disasters there recently, so Kim has an incentive to look for an external enemy at this time, and the main issue is not the United States but rather its southern neighbour.

 You can listen the whole report here at 12 min.

Tereza Novotná
Senior Associate Research Fellow

Expertise: EU foreign policy, North and South Korea and NE Asia; European External Action Service, EU Delegations; transatlantic relations and trade; EU enlargement and EU institutions; Germany (foreign and domestic politics, particularly in the Eastern parts of Germany).