North Korea restores border guard amid rising tensions over satellite launch

The posts had been dismantled as part of a 2018 deal designed to dial down the tension between the countries (AP)

South Korea has said the North is restoring frontline guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, following Pyongyang’s recent spy satellite launch.

The two Koreas each earlier dismantled or disarmed 11 of their guard posts inside their heavily fortified border under a 2018 deal meant to ease frontline military confrontations.