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Information related to inter-Korean developments
Seoul to suspend inter-Korean military pact over North Korean trash balloons
Proposal would enable military drills and propaganda broadcasts near border, after DPRK withdrew from deal last year
June 3, 2024
North Korea blitzes South Korea with over 700 trash balloons: ROK military
Hundreds of balloons carrying cigarette butts and other waste fly over inter-Korean border in latest escalation
June 2, 2024
At rock bottom: Moon Chung-in surveys the ruins of North Korea diplomacy
In interview, former presidential adviser raises alarm about risk of conflict, laments sidelining of peace advocates
May 31, 2024
Why plans to overhaul North Korean constitution are likely behind election delay
DPRK may aim to install new parliament by August to adopt changes affirming Kim Jong Un’s rejection of reunification
May 31, 2024
North Korea jams GPS signals near sea border after denouncing ROK ‘intrusions’
South Korea reports second day of jamming, as experts warn any crossing could provide pretext for DPRK military response
May 30, 2024
North Korea calls feces-carrying balloons a ‘gift’ to the South from its people
Kim Yo Jong justifies balloons as citizens’ exercise of free expression, mocking Seoul for allowing anti-DPRK leafleting
May 30, 2024
UN Command says North Korean trash balloons breach armistice, international law
Military force condemns DPRK for sending ‘feces and contaminants’ over border, but doesn’t mention launches from ROK
May 30, 2024
North Korea’s waste balloon barrage raises stakes for two Koreas
DPRK is sending warning against leafleting and US-ROK drills, and Yoon’s response could determine if situation escalates
May 29, 2024
North Korea launches 260 balloons carrying ‘filth and garbage’ into South
ROK issues alerts warning of suspicious objects, days after DPRK threatened to send ‘mounds of filth’ over border
May 29, 2024
ROK foreign ministry downgrades North Korea division in sweeping reorganization
Denuclearization talks division now part of broader foreign affairs headquarters, reflecting deemphasizing of dialogue
May 28, 2024
