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South Korea suspends a military deal with North Korea after tensions over trash balloons

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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea have taken steps to suspend a contentious military agreement with North Korea and resume front-line military activities. The South Korean moves on Tuesday come as tensions between the rivals are rising over the North’s recent launch of trash-carrying balloons. South Korea’s Cabinet Council and President Yoon Suk Yeol approved a proposal to suspend the 2018 inter-Korean agreement on lowering front-line military tensions. In the past week, North Korea has used balloons to drop manure, cigarette butts, scraps of cloth and waste paper on South Korea, prompting Seoul to vow “unbearable” retaliation.

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