Hamas’ attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North Korea

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Open this photo in gallery: A North Korean military guard post, upper middle, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Sept. 8.Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press South Korea’s defence minister said Tuesday he would push to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement in order to resume front line surveillance on rival North Korea, as the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants raised concerns in South Korea about similar assaults by the North. The agreement, reached during a brief period of diplomacy between South Korea’s former liberal President Moon Jae-in...