Now playing Next South Korea South Korea to suspend peace deal with Pyongyang over trash balloons Seoul announced Monday it would suspend a rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish it over its launches of trash-carrying balloons, even after Pyongyang said it would halt its balloon campaign. 03/06/2024
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