North Korea threatened to take revenge on South Korea
in retaliation for a leafletting campaign along the border, in
a statement made by Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's
sister.
"The right to taking the next action against the enemy will be
entrusted to the General Staff of our army," she said.
She did not provide details about the form any future measures could
take.
"By exercising my power authorized by the Supreme Leader, our Party
and the state, I gave an instruction to the arms of the department in
charge of the affairs with enemy to decisively carry out the next
action," she said.
North Korea has already threatened to close a liaison office and to
pull out of a military agreement with the South in 2018, and has
since cut off communications with the South. At the time, the
statement also came from Kim Yo Jong.
Pyongyang is demanding that Seoul take action against activists who
allegedly sent some 50,000 leaflets into the reclusive neighbouring
nation criticizing the North Korean leader.
Such campaigns have generally sought to encourage North Koreans to
topple the government.
North Korea has threatened military action and accuses Seoul of
having done nothing to address the campaign.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 2, 2019