South Korea will get the apology it demanded over recent military escalation by the North, and South Korea will stop broadcasting propaganda that infuriated the North.
North Korea says it “regrets” that South Korean soldiers were injured by landmines and lifts its “semi-state of war” under an agreement by the two countries, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea will stop its propaganda broadcasts over the border on Tuesday, Kim said.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has said she wants Pyongyang to apologize for recent provocations, including landmine blasts that badly wounded two South Korean soldiers this month.
“This is a matter of national security and safety of our people,” she said. “This is not a matter where we can back down, even if North Korea maximizes its provocations and threatens security like it did in the past.”
The mines, which exploded in the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two countries, set off an antagonistic spiral. South Korea, a key U.S. ally, responded by resuming propaganda broadcasts over the border for the first time in more than a decade, a move that infuriated Kim Jong Un’s regime.
North Korea fired shells over the DMZ on Thursday, apparently aimed at the loudspeakers blaring the messages, setting off a brief exchange of fire.
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24/8/15
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ReplyDeleteSouth Korea has halted its propaganda broadcasts into North Korea as part of a deal to defuse tension.
Seoul had begun the loudspeaker broadcasts, which infuriate Pyongyang, after a landmine at the border injured two of its soldiers earlier this month.
The tensions bubbled over in a brief exchange of fire at the heavily guarded border last Thursday.
The deal was reached after the North, which initially denied planting the mine, agreed to express "regret".
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