Reuters. North Korea said on Thursday (November 23) it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with South Korea, a day after Seoul suspended part of a 2018 military accord between the two Koreas in a protest over Pyongyang's launch of a spy satellite.
North Korea's defense ministry said in a statement carried by the KCNA news agency that it would restore all military measures it had halted under the deal with South Korea, which was designed to de-escalate tension along their shared border.
South Korea on Wednesday (November 22) suspended part of the inter-Korean deal in response to Pyongyang's launch and said it would immediately step up surveillance along the heavily fortified border with the North.
South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Won-sik attended a parliamentary session of the National Defense Committee and said the North Korean satellite was believed to have entered orbit but would take three to four days to assess whether it was operating normally.
