Defense Ministry says North rebuilding guard posts in DMZ North Korea is rebuilding guard posts and bringing large weaponry inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ), South Korea's Defense Ministry said Monday, four days after the regime said it would no longer abide by an inter-Korean military pact. 2023.11.27
North scraps military pact as South accuses Russia of satellite help South Korea’s intelligence agency told members of the National Assembly that Russian technological assistance enabled the North’s successful launch of a spy satellite earlier this week, according to a conservative PPP lawmaker on Thursday. 2023.11.23
South partly suspends military agreement after North's spy satellite launch The South Korean government announced the partial suspension of the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement from 3 p.m. Wednesday after North Korea's state media reported that the regime had successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit. 2023.11.22
South's military warns of 'necessary' response if North launches satellite The South Korean military on Monday warned the North to "immediately" halt its preparations for another military spy satellite launch, warning of an unspecified "necessary" response if Pyongyang persists with the launch. 2023.11.20
South could suspend 2018 agreement if North launches satellite, warns official South Korea could partially suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement should the North conduct a third attempt to launch a spy satellite, sources said Tuesday. 2023.11.14
New defense chief vows to suspend 2018 inter-Korean military agreement New Defense Minister Shin Won-sik said he will work to suspend the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement as soon as possible, saying it hinders South Korea's surveillance capabilities against the North. 2023.10.10
Yoon's office slams ex-president's national security remarks The Yoon Suk Yeol government criticized former President Moon Jae-in's recent claim that liberal administrations had a better track record with national security than conservative ones. 2023.9.20
Yoon threatens to suspend 2018 military pact with North President Yoon Suk Yeol warned that he would suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement if North Korea intrudes into South Korea's territory. 2023.1.4
![In this photograph released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, North Korean soldiers are seen painting a camouflage pattern on a reconstructed guard post inside the demilitarized zone on Friday, a day after the regime announced it had scrapped an inter-Korean military pact intended to reduce the risk of accidental border clashes. [MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12239913.jpg?imageId=12239913&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A reconnaissance aircraft lands at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, after completing a flight mission on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12481189.jpg?imageId=12481189&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![In this footage released by Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday, a Chollima-1 space launch vehicle carrying a Malligyong-1 military reconnaissance satellite is launched from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, on Tuesday night. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10990554.jpg?imageId=10990554&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Lt. Gen. Kang Ho-pil, chief director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), speaks at a press briefing at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11935754.jpg?imageId=11935754&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![In this footage broadcast by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central Television in March 2020, the North Korean military conducts a live artillery firing exercise. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12121206.jpg?imageId=12121206&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![New Defense Minister Shin Won-sik leaves the room after a parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's defense committee at the Ministry of National Defense in Yongsan District, central Seoul, Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10555358.jpg?imageId=10555358&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![President Moon Jae-in speaks at a ceremony celebrating the fifth anniversary of the inter-Korean Pyongyang Declaration of Sept. 19, 2018, at the 63 Building in Yeouido, western Seoul, Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11157993.jpg?imageId=11157993&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at a meeting at the Blue House state guesthouse in central Seoul Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10025776.jpg?imageId=10025776&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)