The U.S. understands and may even quietly support its South Korean ally’s push to scrap a 2018 inter-Korean deal aimed at demilitarizing border zones, experts told NK Pro.

Over the past month, top Yoon Suk-yeol administration officials have increasingly voiced their opposition to the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), signed under the previous Moon Jae-in government as part of its reconciliatory approach to North Korea.

According to Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Kim Seung-kyum, the CMA was a “disguised peace offensive” that “affected our surveillance and reconnaissance, training and current operational readiness.” Defense minister