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PYONGYANG, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Thursday accused the United States and South Korea of deploying heavy arms in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) next to the Military Demarcation Line, saying this would cause an "unpredictable military clash."
The state media KCNA reported that a spokesman for the Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People's Army said that according to a report made public by local South Korean media last week, the United Nations Command has revised the armistice rules to allow U.S. and South Korean troops to carry heavy weapons like machine guns, recoilless rifles and mortars into the DMZ and the revision went into effect on Sept. 5, 2014.
"Such undisguised breach of the armistice agreement has turned the DMZ into a heavily armed zone ... and this is a product of the ceaseless U.S. moves to ignite another Korean War," the spokesman said.
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