# Why North Korea’s latest border tensions are raising fears of a miscalculation: Analyst

https://mins.news/en/video/112043

- CNA, 2026-10-23 02:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk6UTFF1zPA

> North Korea has strengthened fortifications along its heavily militarised border with South Korea and issued new warnings through Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong. Sydney Seiler of the Center for Strategic and International Studies discusses Pyongyang’s motives, the risk of an unintended clash, and the impact of its expanding nuclear arsenal and closer ties with Russia.

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