South Korea’s new defense minister, who was inaugurated over the weekend, repeated his pledge on Tuesday to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea "as soon as possible,” in the clearest indicator to date that the landmark deal’s days may be numbered.
Speaking to local media on Tuesday, Shin Won-shik also compared South Korea to Israel in an apparent bid to justify the scrapping of the military agreement.
South Korea’s new defense minister, who was inaugurated over the weekend, repeated his pledge on Tuesday to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea "as soon as possible,” in the clearest indicator to date that the landmark deal’s days may be numbered.
Speaking to local media on Tuesday, Shin Won-shik also compared South Korea to Israel in an apparent bid to justify the scrapping of the military agreement.
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