South Korea says it’ll suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons. The South Korean announcement Monday came a day after North Korea said it would halt its balloon campaign.
An officer wearing protective gear collects the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea , in Siheung, South Korea , Sunday, June 2, 2024. South Korea said Sunday it’ll take strong retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons and other provocations on South Korea . South Korea n soldiers wearing protective gears check the trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea , in Incheon, South Korea , Sunday, June 2, 2024.
The security council said the suspension would allow South Korea to resume military drills near the border with North Korea and take effective, immediate responses to provocations by North Korea. It said a proposal on the suspension will be introduced at the Cabinet Council on Tuesday for approval. The 2018 agreement, reached during a brief period of reconciliation between then-liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, require the Koreas to cease all hostile acts against each other, including propaganda broadcasts and leafleting campaigns.to continue to fly balloons to drop anti-Pyongyang leaflets, USB sticks with South Korean dramas and world news, and U.S. dollars in North Korea.
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