Pyongyang, Oct. 22 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, on Thursday warned that Pyongyang would deploy "new counter means" along its southern border and place propaganda loudspeakers targeting South Korea on standby within days.

"Our new counter means will get into the alert for duty at all the southern border line and the loudspeakers against the ROK will be on standby in a matter of days," Kim Yo-jong said in a statement carried by North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), according to Yonhap News Agency.

According to Yonhap News Agency, her remarks came a day after she warned that North Korea would resume propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts towards South Korea later this month, signalling a further escalation in ten...