Prime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed the government Wednesday to take thorough and effective measures in the aftermath of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near the southwestern county of Buan early in the day, his office said. The quake struck 4 kilometers south of the North Jeolla county at 8:26 a.m., the strongest on the Korean Peninsula and in its surrounding waters this year, according to the Korea Meteor.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday endorsed a motion calling for the full suspension of a 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction pact after North Korea sent hundreds of balloons carrying trash across the border.