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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.

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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