North Korea ends pact with South, will restore ‘all military measures’ at border

North Korea confirms breakdown of military agreement with South Korea

North Korea issued a blistering response on Thursday to South Korea’s decision to suspend a 2018 military agreement aimed at reducing tensions on the peninsula, saying through the KCNA news agency, “From now on, our army will never be bound by the September 19 North-South Military Agreement.” It further added that “[North Korea] will immediately restore all military measures that have been halted according to the North-South military agreement.…

North Korea Vows to Restore ‘All Military Measures’ Halted Under 2018 Accord

North Korea announced it would restore “all military measures” halted under a 2018 inter-Korean deal after South Korea suspended a portion of the accord in response to the North’s spy satellite launch on Nov. 21. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 23, North Korea’s defense ministry said it would no longer “be bound” by the 2018 military accord with South Korea. The ministry warned that South Korea “…

North Korea scraps military deal with South, vows to deploy new weapons at border

North Korea's defense ministry said in a statement carried by the KCNA news agency that it would restore all military measures it had halted under the deal with South Korea, which was designed to de-escalate tension along their shared border.

Vor fünf Jahren wurde der Abbau militärischer Spannungen vereinbart. Nun will Nordkorea im Süden weitere Waffen und Streitkräfte stationieren

North Korea announced on Thursday that it would strengthen its military presence on its border with South Korea after placing a spy satellite in orbit with the help of Russia, according to Seoul, AFP reported.

North Korea said on Thursday that it had broken a military agreement with South Korea and would deploy stronger armed forces on its border with the South, after Seoul announced a partial denunciation of the deal a day earlier. Tensions between the two Koreas have risen again after Pyongyang launched a spy satellite into orbit, despite official protests from Seoul.