North Korea's General Reconnaissance Bureau Director Kim Yong Chol, center left, sits under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, as he speaks during a briefing for foreign diplomats regarding the latest situation at the border between the two Koreas at the People's Cultural House in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a "quasi-state of war" and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years.
Dita Alangkara Associated Press