Country will no longer recognise its military and political agreements with South Korea

The North Korean government announced on 30 January 2009 that the country will no longer recognise its military and political agreements with South Korea. The statement released from North Korea's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Korea cited the South Korean government's failure to honor summit pacts from 2000 and 2007. North Korea's statement is likely an attempt to garner attention from the new U.S. administration and is not expected to provoke a military conflict on the peninsula.