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South Korea Approves Suspension of Inter-Korean Military Agreement

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The South Korean government approved a motion to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction pact, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
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The proposal was approved at a cabinet meeting a day after the presidential National Security Council decided on the suspension an placed such a proposal on the agenda of a meeting. The motion will be sent to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for signing, the report said.
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