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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter @oliverhotham or email tips to [email protected]
Update at 11:10 KST: This article has been updated to include a response from South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND).
North Korea's military on Tuesday promised to defy the terms of a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement and advance into previously demilitarized areas, as well as assist citizens in a retaliatory "large-scale leaflet scattering" campaign against the South.