{"id":374,"date":"2023-10-11T14:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T14:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/?p=374"},"modified":"2023-10-11T20:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:09:40","slug":"south-korea-wants-to-expand-spying-on-north-after-hamas-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/south-korea-wants-to-expand-spying-on-north-after-hamas-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea wants to expand spying on North after Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
South Korea\u2019s defense minister says he will urge the suspension of a 2018 military treaty with the nuclear-armed neighbor<\/strong><\/p>\n South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik wants to terminate the country’s military agreement with North Korea due to a “threat”<\/em> of a possible attack following the sudden outbreak of war between Israel and Palestine, he told reporters in Seoul on Tuesday.<\/p>\n “To counter [the threat of attack from the DPRK], we need to be observing [North Korean military movements] with our surveillance assets to gain prior knowledge of whether they are preparing provocations or not,”<\/em> Shin Won-sik said, as cited by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n The minister said he will insist on suspending the 2018 inter-Korean military agreement with Pyongyang to resume front-line surveillance of its neighbor.<\/p>\n The official also argued that Israel would suffer less damage if it used planes and drones for reconnaissance. On October 7, Israeli territory was subjected to massive rocket fire by the Palestinian Hamas movement, which invaded the border areas in the country’s south. West Jerusalem officially declared war the next day, setting the stage for a significant military operation in Gaza called ‘Iron Swords.’ According to The New York Times, the Israeli military and intelligence apparatus was caught off guard and unaware of the impending Hamas attack.<\/p>\n