President Moon Jae-in's top security adviser says that North Korea may carry out fresh provocations around October tenth or 18th.
 
October tenth marks the anniversary of the founding of the North's Korean Workers' Party, while China is set to hold the National Congress of its ruling Communist Party on October 18th.
 
The spokespersons of the ruling Democratic Party and the opposition People's Party said that Chung Eui-yong, the chief of the National Security Office, shared a three-page classified report to that effect during Moon's meeting with the leaders of the four major parties on Wednesday. 
 
The report said that the U.S. is mulling military options amid heightened tensions with North Korea, expressing concern about possible military clashes triggered unintentionally.