He said South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol said Thursday that his country will not stand idly by North Korean provocationspledging to protect the people through strict military preparedness and a strong alliance with the United States.
This came during a speech delivered by Yoon, on the occasion of Memorial Day at the Seoul National Cemetery, amid high tensions after South Korea completely suspended the agreement to reduce… Tension between the two Koreas For the year 2018; In response to North Korea sending balloons filled with garbage across the border last week.
Yoon explained – according to what was reported by the South Korean News Agency (Yonhap) – that strict military preparedness will be maintained and provocations will be responded to firmly and overwhelmingly, noting that South Korea has now become the brightest country in the world, while the lands north of the demarcation line remain… Military borders are the darkest in the world.
Since last week, Pyongyang has sent nearly 1,000 garbage-carrying balloons south in what it described as a retaliatory measure against anti-Pyongyang leaflet campaigns by activists in Seoul, and also attempted to jam GPS signals near the western maritime border. .