Seoul completely suspends inter-Korean military agreement because of balloons

Seoul completely suspends inter-Korean military agreement because of balloons

SEOUL, June 3, 2024 (BSS/AFP) – Seoul will completely suspend a 2018 tension-reducing military agreement with nuclear power North Korea, South Korea’s National Security Council said on Monday, after Pyongyang sent hundreds of garbage-filled balloons across the border.

Seoul partially suspended the agreement last year after the North launched a spy satellite into orbit. However, the National Security Council (NSC) said it would instruct the Cabinet to “suspend the entire effect of the ‘September 19 military agreement’ until mutual trust between the two Koreas is restored.”