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"\r\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNorth Korea announced Wednesday that it would suspend its planned military action against neighboring South, a war it had threatened that would end in devastation for the United States.\nAfter weeks of escalating tensions, leader Kim Jong Un took an unexpected turn during a video conference meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday.\nA national security body supervised by the dictator \"took stock of the prevailing situation and suspended military action plans against the South,\" the statement said.\nNo reason was given for the unexpected arrest other than the ongoing discussions to reinforce the country's \"war deterrent\".\nSeoul was \"closely reviewing\" the North's report, according to Yoh Sang-key, spokesman for the South Korean Unification Ministry.\nExperts warned that it could only be a temporary move to make room for South Korea to make concessions in the ongoing negotiations between neighboring nations.\n\"What is clear is that the North said (the military action) was postponed, not canceled,\" said Kim Dong-yub, a former South Korean military officer who participated in inter-Korean military negotiations.\n\nLeif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, also warned: “Now is not the time for anyone in Seoul or Washington to congratulate themselves on deterring North Korea.\n\"There may be a pause in the provocations or Pyongyang could temporarily de-escalate in search of external concessions.  But North Korea will surely continue to reinforce its \"deterrence\" call.\n\"As long as the Kim regime refuses to denuclearize, it is likely that it will use Seoul as a scapegoat for its military modernization and domestic economic fighting policy after failing to obtain relief from the sanctions.\"\nUntil Wednesday's announcement, it was Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, who made the most threats against South Korea.\nIt was the first time Kim had been known in nearly two weeks.\nAuthorities said it was also the first time it was known to use video conferencing, fueling speculation that it could be due to the coronavirus, despite the North claiming to have no cases.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNorth Korean army soldiers are seen at a military guard post in Paju, on the border with North Korea.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t AP / Kim Do-hoon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA North Korean soldier is on duty at a surveillance post in the North Korean city of Kaepung, on the western border with South Korea.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEPA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tUntil next time\n\t\t\t\tNear\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWhen spring training was suspended in March, the Mets were ...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\nThe announcement came when the North claimed it had printed 12 million flyers to launch from balloons over the South in revenge for flyers from the South that denounced life across the border.\nIt was not immediately clear whether Kim's decision to stop the military action would also halt the flyer campaign.\nNuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington largely stalled after Kim's second summit with President Donald Trump last year in Vietnam.\nDavid Helvey, the acting acting undersecretary of defense for Indo-Pacific affairs, said last week that North Korea's recent actions showed it still \"presents an extraordinary threat\" to the United States and its allies, according to Wall Street. Journal.\nWith posts\n\t\t\t        ."
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