North Korea has blown up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, South Korea's military said on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions on the Korean peninsula.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital Pyongyang.

North Korea has detonated parts of roads linking it to South Korea in a move that is assumed to be aiming at cutting off roads and railways between the two countries, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday,

South Korea’s military said Monday it has found North Korea is engaging in works to prepare for the explosions.

North Korea is preparing to set off explosions on roads connected to South Korea, Seoul's military said Monday, days after Pyongyang announced it would cut off all inter-Korean links.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula rose again after North Korea ordered troops along its southern border to be ready to fire and military leaders in Seoul said Pyongyang may be preparing to blow up roads connecting the two nations.

North Korea is getting ready to blow up roads that cross the heavily militarised border with South Korea, Seoul said on Monday, amid an escalating war of words after the North accused its rival of sending drones over its capital Pyongyang.

South Korea says North Korea is preparing to destroy the northern sides of inter-Korean roads no longer in use

The North Korean government is preparing to blow up the roads connecting it to South Korea following alleged drone incursions that sparked intense backlash from the hermit state. North Korea accused its southern counterpart on Friday of repeatedly flying drones into the area surrounding the capital city of Pyongyang in order to drop leaflets criticizing