SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 agreement that created maritime buffer zones with North Korea should Pyongyang "violate" Seoul's territory again.

The deal, struck during a period of high-profile diplomacy at a summit in the North Korean capital, aimed to reduce military tensions along the neighbors' heavily fortified border.

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