Defense ministry says inter
The defense ministry said Wednesday that an inter-Korean tension-reduction deal signed in 2018 should be kept, following the North's apparent move to abolish the pact amid heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo. Yonhap
The General Staff of the North's Korean People's Army said it will resume regular military exercises near the inter-Korean border and reestablish guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas that had been demolished following the agreement.
Asked to comment on the announcement, Seoul's defense ministry said, "It is our basic stance that the Sept. 19 military agreement should be complied with without fail to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula and to prevent accidental clashes."
The North's announcement came less than two weeks after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's powerful sister, Kim Yo-jong, threatened to scrap the deal altogether in anger over anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent across the border by activists here.
North Korea to redeploy troops to Kaesong, Mount Kumgang areas, rejects Seoul's offer for envoys [VIDEO] 2020-06-17 09:45 | North Korea
The younger Kim said Seoul should get ready for the "scrapping of the North-South agreement in military field which is hardly of any value" if it fails to take corresponding steps for the leaflet campaigns.
After a series of statements ratcheting up tensions on the peninsula, the North blew up an inter-Koran joint liaison office in the western border town of Kaesong on Tuesday.
The defense ministry said the military is closely monitoring the North's moves round-the-clock, and vowed "strong responses" if the North carries out any military provocation. (Yonhap)
相关推荐
-
Newborns hit new low, but births to those unmarried reach record high: data
-
Hurricane Harvey may have destroyed 1 million cars—and changed the U.S. used auto market
-
Messi hopes Di Maria retires with a goal in Copa America final
-
Top diplomats from South Korea, US, Japan urge North Korea to halt provocations, resume talks
-
“新丰味”喜获中国首届县域品牌擂台赛十大营销创新品牌
-
Twitter to more patiently explain why you're not worthy of a blue check
- 最近发表
-
- PS5 Pro: It looks like a sketch of the design just leaked
- Methanol as fuel: An accessible early step toward clean shipping
- Activist indicted for sending anti
- 探秘新疆!最硬核的自驾之旅带你穿越疏附县的奇幻仙境!
- Apple Watch 10 rumors: Everything we know so far
- The stark difference between Hurricanes Andrew and Irma
- Brathwaite buoyed by Aus recovery after Eng rout
- Apple's 10th anniversary iPhone has a cool name, and now we may know what it is
- Discover Secret Swimming Holes and Hidden History in Crystal River, Florida
- US, Japan reaffirm commitment to complete denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
- 随机阅读
-
- 23 Peculiar Places of 2023
- Google's Wear OS 3 smartwatch update will be available in 2022
- The stark difference between Hurricanes Andrew and Irma
- 探秘新疆!最硬核的自驾之旅带你穿越疏附县的奇幻仙境!
- Google Search tries new tactics for limiting explicit deepfakes
- North Korea fires 2 suspected ballistic missiles eastward: South Korea's military
- 村集体年增收超15万元,供销农场让闲置地变“增收活水”
- Brathwaite buoyed by Aus recovery after Eng rout
- 实干担当抓落实 多措并举促发展
- Florida's nuclear plants prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Irma
- 金正大一季度扭亏,有望迎来业绩拐点
- 市三届人大二次会议主席团举行第二次会议
- 14 Heists, Robberies, and Other Great Capers
- Brathwaite buoyed by Aus recovery after Eng rout
- Blinken condemns N. Korean missile launch in call with Japanese counterpart
- 服务至上 诚信第一 金和缘珠宝以诚信引领行业新风尚
- AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4 may get revealed at the Apple September event
- NK leader set to deliver New Year's speech amid tensions over nukes
- Anderson bows out of Tests as Eng thrash WI
- Krejcikova wins Wimbledon title, defeats Paolini
- 搜索
-
- 友情链接
-