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South Korea cancels security agreement with North

» Updated: 16 July 2024, 14:56

» Published: 03 June 2024

South Korea cancels security agreement with North
Photo: Hong Ki-won/Yonhap/AP/TT

South Korea cancels a military agreement with North Korea – after the neighbor to the north sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash across the border.

The agreement was signed in 2018. Seoul had put parts of the agreement on hold last year when North Korea launched a spy satellite. But now the entire agreement, known as the September 19th agreement, is being canceled until "mutual trust is restored" between the neighboring countries, according to South Korea's National Security Council.

The dictatorship sent around 600 balloons filled with cigarette butts, fabric scraps, paper waste, and vinyl over the weekend. Earlier, balloons with garbage, toilet paper, and suspected animal waste had appeared in the sky over South Korea.

North Korea has sent the foul-smelling balloons as a response to activists sending leaflets with criticism of the Pyongyang regime across the border.

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By TTThis article has been altered and translated by Sweden Herald

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