North Korean GPS disrupts South Korean machinery

Kim Jong Un

South Korea's military said North Korea disrupted GPS signals from border areas for the second-straight day on Saturday, affecting an unspecified number of flights and vessel operations.

Tensions between the rival Koreas have escalated as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un flaunts his advancing nuclear and missile programme and engages in electronic and psychological warfare, such as flying thousands of balloons to drop trash and anti-South Korean propaganda leaflets in the South.

Aside from North Korea's weapons demonstrations and non-conventional provocations, there's growing concern over its reported provision of military equipment and troops to Russia to support President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine. South Korean officials say the deepening military alignment between Moscow and Pyongyang could possibly result in Russian technology transfers that increases the threat posed by Kim's military nuclear programme.

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