SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday warned that recent “provocative” activities by US troops at a truce village on the heavily fortified inter-Korean border could lead to a “catastrophic” military clash.

The warning came from the head of the North Korean forces stationed in the frontier village of Panmunjom—where the ceasefire agreement to end fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War was signed.

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