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South Korea to increase defense spending over five years

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The budgetary adjustment calls for improved military capabilities, efforts to maintain troop levels and the modernization of defense facilities.

South Korea to increase defense spending over five years

Following North Korea’s satellite launch last month, South Korea suspended a no-fly provision in the 2018 inter-Korean treaty, enabling the South to monitor the North’s activities along their shared border. North Korea reacted by withdrawing from the pact entirely.

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