North Korea Breaks All Treaties With South Korea

In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, South Korean marine soldiers watch North Korean territory at the Baekryong Island, about 220 km (138 miles) west of mainland South Korea and 16 km (10 miles) southwest of North Korean territory, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. North Korea declared all military and political agreements with South Korea "dead" Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, warning it would not honor past accords if Seoul continues to push the Koreas to the brink of war. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

NKorea Says It Won't Honor Past Accords
With South -- Yahoo News/AP

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says it is rescinding past military and political agreements with South Korea over Seoul's hard-line stance toward Pyongyang.

The North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland is accusing South Korea of pushing the two Koreas to the brink of war.

The committee said in a statement carried Friday by state-run media that it considers all inter-Korean agreements "dead" and says it will not honor their disputed western sea border.

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More News On North Korea

North Korea, trying to jolt Obama, warns South -- Yahoo News/Reuters
N. Korea ditches nonaggression pact with S. Korea -- Yahoo News/AP
North Korea scraps its non-aggression pact with the south -- McClatchy
NKorea scraps all accords with SKorea, raising tensions -- Yahoo News/AFP
North Korea Says It Will Scrap Accords with South Korea -- New York Times
North Korea Cancels All Agreements with South -- Voice Of America
North Korea scraps all accords with South -- Reuters
North Korea tears up agreements -- BBC
North Korea Scrapping Accords With South -- New York Times
North Korea Scraps All Ties With South -- Agence France-Presse
N.K. scraps sea border deal with S. Korea -- Kora Herald
NKorea declares sea border with SKorea is void -- AFP
FACTBOX-Agreements and rifts between two Koreas -- Reuters

My Comment: With the multi-national structure for negotiations with North Korea now dead with Secretary of State Clinton's announcement that the U.S. will negotiate with North Korea directly, North Korea is now no longer under the constraints of their Chinese and Russian allies.

This has the possibility of increasing tension significantly in the region .... and as for North Korea's nuclear program .... it is now full steam ahead.