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South Korea says no suspicious activities detected on North Korean side yet

A spokesman at Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff told that there have been no signs indicating North Korea had started to carry out its threats

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2 min read Last Updated : Jun 18 2020 | 1:36 PM IST

South Korea on Thursday said it hasn't detected any suspicious activities by North Korea, a day after it threatened with provocative acts at the border in violation of a 2018 agreement to reduce tensions.

North Korea said it would send troops to mothballed inter-Korean cooperation sites on its territory, rebuild guard posts and restart military drills at the northern side of the border with South Korea. Those steps would nullify the 2018 deals that ban both Koreas from taking any hostile acts against each other.

Kim Jun-rak, a spokesman at Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that there have been no

Topics : South Korea North Korea

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