Seoul fully suspends inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 04, 2024 4:24 pm

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol fully suspended on Tuesday a 2018 tension-reducing military deal with the North in response to a bombardment of trash-carrying balloons sent by Pyongyang last week.

The agreement, signed during a period of warmer ties, was already largely void as Seoul had partially suspended it last year in response to North Korea putting a spy satellite into orbit, prompting Pyongyang to say it would not honor it at all.

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