S. Korea warns of 'decisive retaliation' as N. Korea threatens to deploy strike assets to border

South Korea vowed Tuesday to take decisive action if North Korea launches any further provocations, pushing back after Pyongyang threatened military escalation over warning shots fired by the South along the fortified border. The defense ministry issued such a statement a day after Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, threatened to resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts against Seoul and deploy more tactical strike assets along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, saying the border situation has become "very unstable." "The Ministry of National Defense expresses grave concern over Director Kim Yo-jong's criticism of our military's legitimate operations conducted under the Armistice Agreement, as well as her escalation of tensions through military threats," the released statement said. "We will retaliate decisively should North Korea engage in further provocations using our legitimate measures as a pretext," it added. The ministry urged Pyongyang to cease its far-fetched claims and repeated incursions south of the military demarcation l