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🇰🇷🇬🇧 South Korea's Yoon met UK PM Sunak
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for talks on Wednesday and signed an agreement stepping up cooperation in defense, security and technology.
Yoon, on a state visit to London, and Sunak signed a Downing Street Accord which will also involve them working together on enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea.
Ministers launched talks over a new free trade agreement and agreed to a partnership on clean energy, while a range of investments have been announced, including plans for wind farm projects in South Korea.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol met British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for talks on Wednesday and signed an agreement stepping up cooperation in defense, security and technology.
Yoon, on a state visit to London, and Sunak signed a Downing Street Accord which will also involve them working together on enforcing UN sanctions on North Korea.
Ministers launched talks over a new free trade agreement and agreed to a partnership on clean energy, while a range of investments have been announced, including plans for wind farm projects in South Korea.
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🇰🇷🇰🇵 South Korea boosts military surveillance after North claims spy satellite launch
South Korea moved to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the North launched a spy satellite.
The pact, known as the Comprehensive Military Agreement and aimed at de-escalating tensions between the rivals, was signed at a 2018 summit between former South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
But critics have called for it to be scrapped, saying it weakened Seoul's ability to monitor North Korea's actions around the border, while Pyongyang has flagrantly violated the agreement.
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South Korea moved to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the North launched a spy satellite.
The pact, known as the Comprehensive Military Agreement and aimed at de-escalating tensions between the rivals, was signed at a 2018 summit between former South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
But critics have called for it to be scrapped, saying it weakened Seoul's ability to monitor North Korea's actions around the border, while Pyongyang has flagrantly violated the agreement.
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🇰🇷🇰🇵 Military agreement fractures as tensions rise with North Korea
Among the concrete steps stemming from the move, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said South Korea would immediately resume reconnaissance of the North's forces in border areas.
South Korea's national security council said it planned to "suspend the effect of Article 1, Clause 3" of the 2018 military agreement, enabling Seoul to restore reconnaissance and surveillance activities along the border.
Under that clause, both countries agreed to establish no-fly zones close to their border.
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Among the concrete steps stemming from the move, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said South Korea would immediately resume reconnaissance of the North's forces in border areas.
South Korea's national security council said it planned to "suspend the effect of Article 1, Clause 3" of the 2018 military agreement, enabling Seoul to restore reconnaissance and surveillance activities along the border.
Under that clause, both countries agreed to establish no-fly zones close to their border.
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🇰🇷🇰🇵 South Korea boosts military surveillance after North claims spy satellite launch
South Korea moved to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the North launched a spy satellite.
The pact, known as the Comprehensive…
South Korea moved to suspend part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the North launched a spy satellite.
The pact, known as the Comprehensive…
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🇺🇸🇰🇷 US nuclear-powered submarine arrives at South Korea's port
A US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in the South Korean port city of Busan on Sunday.
Visits by US nuclear submarines had previously been rare, but they have increased under agreements between Seoul and Washington that increased the arrivals of US military assets to help deter North Korea.
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A US nuclear-powered submarine arrived in the South Korean port city of Busan on Sunday.
Visits by US nuclear submarines had previously been rare, but they have increased under agreements between Seoul and Washington that increased the arrivals of US military assets to help deter North Korea.
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🇰🇵🇰🇷 North Korea launches nearly 200 trash balloons overnight
North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week.
Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, the JCS said.
Since May 28, North Korea has launched thousands of balloons over seven instances in a tit-for-tat move against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by North Korean defectors and activists in the South.
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North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week.
Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, the JCS said.
Since May 28, North Korea has launched thousands of balloons over seven instances in a tit-for-tat move against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by North Korean defectors and activists in the South.
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🇰🇷🇰🇵🇷🇺🇺🇦 South Korea pledges countermeasures over North Korea-Russia military cooperation
South Korea will gradually take countermeasures in line with the level of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo told a briefing on Tuesday.
Kim made the comments after a meeting hosted by National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on the dispatch of North Koreans troops.
Kim accused Pyongyang of acting like a "criminal organization" by sending young North Koreans to fight in Russia and vowed to cooperate with allies in ensuring countermeasures against North Korea-Russia military cooperation.
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South Korea will gradually take countermeasures in line with the level of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo told a briefing on Tuesday.
Kim made the comments after a meeting hosted by National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on the dispatch of North Koreans troops.
Kim accused Pyongyang of acting like a "criminal organization" by sending young North Koreans to fight in Russia and vowed to cooperate with allies in ensuring countermeasures against North Korea-Russia military cooperation.
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