Seoul Says North Korea Restores Border Guard Posts as Tensions Rise Over Satellite Launch

In this undated photo provided and released on Nov. 27, 2023, by South Korea Defense Ministry, North Korean soldiers install their guard post in the Demilitarized Zone in North Korea.

North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea's military said Monday, after animosities spiked between the rivals over the North's recent spy satellite launch.