South Korea to partially suspend military deal with North after launch of spy satellite

Pyongyang claims success on third attempt - breaching a 2018 agreement meant to reduce tensions, says South

South Korea has moved to partially suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea, which said it had successfully launched its first military spy satellite into orbit, the Yonhap news agency reported.

North Korea is clearly demonstrating that it has no will to abide by the 19 September [2018] military agreement designed to reduce military tension on the Korean Peninsula and to build trust," the South's prime minister, Han Duck-soo, told an extraordinary cabinet meeting that approved suspending the deal.