South Korea Restarts Military Activities, Propaganda Broadcasts Along MDL and NLL
On June 9th, South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts along the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) in response to North Korea launching a three-wave of trash balloons across the border. The broadcasts come as South Korea's Defense Ministry said the country would suspend the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA) in response to North Korea's trash balloon campaign and GPS signal jamming on June 4th. The Deputy Defense Minister for Policy, Cho Chang-rae, said the "measure is restoring to normality all military activities by our military, which had been restricted by the 2018 pact." Furthermore, Cho also said that North Korea repeatedly violated the 2018 agreement by firing coastal artillery and rockets south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and sending small drones across the DMZ. The ministry's announcement came after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Cabinet Council endorsed a motion to fully suspend the CMA.