South Korea announced the partial suspension of a landmark inter-Korean military agreement on Wednesday, hours after North Korea said it “successfully” placed a spy satellite in orbit.
President Yoon Suk-yeol remotely chaired an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting early Wednesday, and the cabinet backed the partial suspension of the 2018 Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), the prime minister’s office said in a press release.
South Korea announced the partial suspension of a landmark inter-Korean military agreement on Wednesday, hours after North Korea said it “successfully” placed a spy satellite in orbit.
President Yoon Suk-yeol remotely chaired an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting early Wednesday, and the cabinet backed the partial suspension of the 2018 Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), the prime minister’s office said in a press release.
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