Risk of "conflict" on the Korean peninsula

North Korea said that "conflict and war" on the Korean peninsula was only a matter of time after the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA) was scrapped.

North Korean leader watches the launch of the Malligyong-1 satellite. (Source: Reuters)

On December 3, the Korean Central News Agency published a commentary by a military analyst of the country saying that “conflict and war” on the Korean Peninsula is only a matter of time after the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA) was canceled, while threatening that South Korea would “completely collapse” if it carried out any hostile actions.

“Due to reckless and imprudent moves to nullify the inter-Korean military agreement, the scenario of a serious military confrontation like before the agreement was signed has once again emerged on the Korean Peninsula,” the North Korean commentator said.

The 2018 agreement is the minimum mechanism and the final frontier to prevent accidental military conflicts in the area along the military demarcation line. Therefore, conflict and war on the Korean Peninsula are just a matter of time, not a danger like before.”

In addition, North Korea's launch of a military satellite was also considered by North Korean commentators to be "a legitimate and proper right of a sovereign state" and South Korea's suspension of the military agreement in response to the launch was "a meaningless act." Accordingly, if North Korea's satellite launch constitutes a violation of the CMA, then South Korea's launch of its own domestically developed military reconnaissance satellite on December 1 is no different.

Last month, North Korea announced it was scrapping the agreement after South Korea suspended part of it in protest at the North’s successful launch of a military spy satellite. Pyongyang has since redeployed guard posts and heavy guns along the shared border.

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