South Korea suspended a military agreement with North Korea after promising “unbearable” retaliation for North Korea's trash balloon campaign.
The suspension of the pact will allow South Korea to resume “military training in the areas around the Military Demarcation Line” and enable “more sufficient and immediate responses to North Korean provocations,” according to aNorth Koreans along the military fences near a military guard post, top right, are seen from South Korea’s Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
“The responsibility for this situation lies solely with North Korea,” Cho Chang-rae, South Korea’s deputy defense minister for policy,. “If North Korea launches additional provocations, our military, in conjunction with the solid South Korea-U.S. defense posture, will punish North Korea swiftly, strongly, and to the end.”hundreds of balloons carrying wastepaper, cigarette butts, manure, and other waste into South Korea over the past week.
FILE – This photo provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
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