South Korea's government has approved the suspension of a contentious military agreement with North Korea, a step that would allow it to take to🌜ugher responses to North Korean provocations.
The development ca☂me 🥀as animosities between the rival Koreas rose sharply recently after North Korea launched trash-carrying balloons across the border in reaction to previous South Korean civilian leafletting campaigns.
On Tuesday, South Korea's Cabinet Council passe🅘d a proposal aimed at suspending the 2018 inter-Korean agreement on lowering down frontline mil🥃itary tensions.
The proposal will formally take effect when it's signed by President Yoon Suk Yeol, likely later Tuesd♍ay, according to government officials.
