Continuing Drops of ‘Garbage Balloons’ from North Korea, Will the UN Command Only Watch from the Sidelines?
: Suspension of the 9.19 Inter-Korean Military Agreement by the Yoon Seok-yeol Administration is a Violation of the Armistice Agreement *The tense atmosphere at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). @iStock Il Young Jeong Research Professor_Institute of Social Sciences_Sogang University Tensions are rising again on the Korean Peninsula. South Korean anti-North Korean groups are sending leaflets criticizing the Kim Jeong-un regime to the North, and in response, North Korea is continuously sending large balloons filled with garbage to the South. In response to North Korea’s garbage balloons, the South Korean government has completely suspended the effect of the 9.19 Inter-Korean Military Agreement and is countering with the operation of loudspeakers towards the North. As inter-Korean dialogue and even communication lines are cut off, hostilities between the two Koreas are escalating, heightening tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s Garbage Balloons are a Clear...