North Korea set off a war of words with the South over the weekend, claiming that the Korean People’s Army (KPA) duped the ROK into believing controlled explosions miles from the border were dangerous artillery fire.

Pyongyang used the claims to mock South Korea’s ability to detect DPRK military activity, while accusing Seoul of putting millions of citizens in danger through its response.

But experts told NK News on Monday that North Korea’s allegations don’t hold up to scrutiny, since the ROK military has assets that can discriminate between actual artillery and explosions.

Instead, they argued that the DPRK’s provocative