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South and North Korea 'agree deal to reduce tensions' | |
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South and North Korea have agreed a deal to defuse tensions after a series of recent border confrontations, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says. | |
Both country's militaries have been on alert after a brief exchange of fire at the border last Thursday. | |
The North had threatened to use force to stop propaganda broadcasts by the South, started after two of its soldiers were injured by a landmine. | |
High-level negotiators have been meeting since Saturday to agree a deal. | |
Yonhap reported that the deal, to be announced later on Monday, would see North Korea express "regret" over the landmine incident earlier this month. | |
In return, it said South Korea would stop the loudspeaker broadcasts that were resumed after an 11-year hiatus, in apparent retaliation for the landmine attack. |