North Korea blew up roads connected to South Korea on Tuesday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). In its message to reporters, the JCS said that the North “detonated roads connecting the Gyeongui and Donghae rail lines north of the military demarcation line (MDL) around noon.

North Korea has detonated parts of roads linking it to South Korea in a move that is assumed to be aiming at cutting off roads and railways between the two countries, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday,

North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, South Korea said, after the rivals exchanged threats of destruction amid rising animosities over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital Pyongyang.

North Korea blew up a section of inter-Korean roads and rail route on its side of the border between the two Koreas, prompting South Korea's military to fire warning shots. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports on the rising tension between the two countries.

North Korea blew up sections of roads in its own territory that are part of links once used to connect the southern part of the peninsula with the north, in a show of defiance after it accused Seoul of flying drones over Pyongyang.

South Korea's military said Tuesday it detected explosions on two cross-border roads connecting the country to North Korea.

North Korea blew up sections of two roads connecting with the South, Seoul's military said Tuesday, as a tense stand-off over cross-border provocations continues.