North Korean troops are reportedly prepared to enter the demilitarized zone that divides itself from South Korea.

�Our army is keeping a close watch on the current situation in which the north-south relations are turning worse and worse, and getting itself fully ready for providing a sure military guarantee to any external measures to be taken by the Party and government,� The Korean People�s Army said in a statement to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Monday.

�The KPA is studying an action plan for taking measures to make the army advance again into the zones that had been demilitarized under the north-south agreement, turn the front line into a fortress and further heighten the military vigilance against the south.�

�We will map out the military action plans for rapidly carrying out the said opinions to receive approval from the Party Central Military Commission.�

Source: Yonhap