Tensions between North Korea and South Korea continue to rise as the communist country states plans to cut itself off from its southern neighbor.

North Korea's military says it will cut off road and rail connections to South Korea and fortify its side of the border in response to military exercises by the South.

North Korea is taking steps to "completely separate" its territory from the South by cutting off all road and rail links and building fortifications in their place, Kim Jong Un's regime said on Wednesday.

After promising to remove all mention of reunification with South Korea from its constitution, North Korea says it's eliminating all road and rail connections between the two enemy nations. Roads and railways connecting the countries will be cut off beginning Wednesday,

Despite escalating tensions, supreme leader Kim insisted he had no intention of attacking South Korea - unless provoked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States,