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November 08, 2024
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A year since 8.25 agreement, two Koreas blame one another for failure

Neither Korea was ever sincere about the accord, one inter-Korean specialist says

Two days before the first anniversary of the 8.25 agreement, the inter-Korean accord that put an end to escalating military tensions last August, both North and South Korea blamed each other for failure to fulfill the agreement.

“A radical turn would have been brought about in the situation of the Korean peninsula if the agreement adopted by the north and the south one year ago had been valued and implemented,” a North Korean spokesperson said in an official statement released by KCNA on Tuesday.

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