Seoul may cancel the buffer zone agreement after the incursion of North Korean marches
Yoon Seok Yul.
Reuters
South Korean President Yun Sok-yul announced today, Wednesday, that in the event that Pyongyang "violates" his country's territory, he may consider the possibility of suspending work on an agreement concluded in 2018 under which buffer zones were established with the North.
The agreement, reached during a period of high-profile diplomacy at a summit in Pyongyang, aims to reduce military tension along the heavily fortified border.
The two sides agreed at the time to "stop the various military maneuvers through which each party targets the other along the military demarcation line," but Pyongyang has repeatedly violated the agreement since last year.
North Korea fired missiles at the buffer zones several times in 2022, while last week it sent five drones across the border into South Korean airspace.
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