The South Korean (L) and North Korean flags
17:41 JST, June 3, 2024
SEOUL (Jiji Press) – South Korea will completely suspend the military agreement it signed with North Korea in 2018 until trust between the two sides is restored, the South Korean presidential office said Monday.
The move, in retaliation for Pyongyang’s continued provocations such as sending waste balloons to South Korea, will be officially approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.
On Monday, a National Security Council panel decided to propose the suspension during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.
In November last year, Pyongyang declared the pact de facto null and void.
The military agreement, signed in September 2018, called for, among other things, easing military tensions between the two Koreas and converting the inter-Korean demilitarized zone into a peace zone.
