N. Korea threatens to scrap military deal with South


Soldiers patrol along a fence in the demilitarised zone separating North and South Korea. The North is now threatening to abandon the military agreement with the South. – AFP pic, June 4, 2020.

NORTH Korea today threatened to scrap a military agreement with the South and close down a cross-border liaison office unless Seoul stops activists from flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border.

The statement issued by the powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un comes amid a deep freeze in inter-Korean ties, despite three summits between Kim and the South’s President Moon Jae-in in 2018.


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