US EditionSouth Korea to restore pact curbing military activity on North Korean border
President Lee Jae Myung aims to ease Korean Peninsula tensions by restoring the 2018 military pact and rejecting hostile acts while urging North Korea to resume dialogue, officials said.
- On August 15, 2025, the leader of South Korea announced intentions to reinstate the 2018 agreement aimed at reducing military tensions along the border with North Korea.
- The pact had collapsed amid rising conflicts, and Lee's liberal government aims to reestablish trust by taking proactive, gradual steps following his June election win.
- Lee pledged to respect North Korea's current system, avoid hostile acts, halt propaganda broadcasts, and pursue dialogue to prevent accidental clashes along the demilitarized zone.
- Lee said, "We affirm our respect for the North's current system" and expressed hope that North Korea would reciprocate efforts to revive dialogue and restore trust.
- While South Korea seeks to reduce tensions, Pyongyang declared no intention to improve relations, making the outcome of these initiatives uncertain.
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South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung wants to resume the suspended military agreement to reduce tensions with North Korea.
South Korea to restore pact curbing military activity on North Korean border
South Korea intends to restore an agreement to suspend some military activity along the border with North Korea, President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday, as his government seeks to improve relations between neighbours still technically at war.
S. Korean president vows to take consistent measures to restore trust with DPRK
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday vowed to take consistent measures to reduce tensions and restore trust with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). "Our government will take consistent measures to substantially reduce tensions and restore trust (with the DPRK)," Lee said in his speech to mark the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the 19
With the re-establishment of an agreement, South Korea's new president wants to move closer to the North. Finally, the relationship between the two countries was tense.
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South Korea president vows to build 'military trust' with North
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed Friday to "respect" North Korea's political system and build "military trust", a day after Pyongyang said it had no interest in improving relations with Seoul.
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