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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>North Korea has ripped up a five-year-old deal with Seoul aimed at lowering military tensions, in the latest escalation of a row between the two. It all started when Pyongyang claimed to have successfully launched a spy satellite into space on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This led to South Korea part suspending the agreement, saying it would resume surveillance flights along the border. Pyongyang is now vowing to fully suspend the pact and send stronger forces and equipment to the border.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom now on, our army will never be bound by the September 19 North-South Military Agreement,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It promised to withdraw all measures \u201ctaken to prevent military conflict in all spheres including ground, sea and air\u201d, and deploy \u201cmore powerful armed forces and new-type military hardware\u201d in the border region.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang fired a rocket believed to contain its Malligyong-1 spy satellite late on Tuesday and hailed the launch as a \u201csuccess\u201d. South Korea\u2019s military later confirmed that the satellite had entered orbit but said it was too soon to tell if it was actually functioning.<\/p>\n

Seoul strongly condemned the launch \u2013 and on Wednesday morning top officials agreed to immediately restart surveillance operations along the border, which would allow the South to monitor North Korean outposts and long-range artillery.<\/p>\n

That is a breach of a no-fly zone established under the Comprehensive Military Agreement in 2018 \u2013 signed by both nations\u2019 leaders in an attempt to de-escalate tensions between their two countries and prevent a conflict erupting.<\/p>\n

A US official said the South Korean decision to suspend part of the agreement was a \u201cprudent\u201d response, citing the North\u2019s \u201cfailure to adhere\u201d to the pact.<\/p>\n

The following morning, North Korea said it would restore all conflict-avoiding measures it had halted under the deal, and said Seoul would face the blame if a clash broke out.<\/p>\n

Its statement came hours after it fired a ballistic missile into the sea east of the Korean peninsula \u2013 its first known weapons firing in more than two months.<\/p>\n

The South Korean military said the missile was likely to have failed. Pyongyang insists the launch of the spy satellite is part of its \u201cright to self-defence\u201d \u2013 but it has been strongly condemned by South Korea, the US and Japan.<\/p>\n

Developing a functioning spy satellite is a major part of North Korea\u2019s five-year military plan, set out by its leader Kim Jong Un in January 2021. The technology could in theory enable Pyongyang to monitor the movement of US and South Korean troops and weapons on the Korean Peninsula, allowing it to spot incoming threats.<\/p>\n

It would also allow the North to plot its nuclear attacks with more precision. North Korean state media has claimed the country\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un is already reviewing images of US military bases in Guam sent by the new satellite. The BBC has not verified this.<\/p>\n

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