The traditional cycle of U.S. KLA military exercises included tens of thousands of troops and visits to strategic assets such as nuclear bombers on the peninsula. I must stress once again the need for symmetry in the context of this subject. Why are some short-range ballistic missiles fired in the Baltic Sea considered an illegal and aggressive provocation, but exercises such as the key-shaped and 2016 eagle, involving 17,000 U.S. troops and 300,000 rockets, are considered nonprovotic? The combined exercise between the United States and the ROC even included simulations of beheading attacks against North Korean leaders. The United States and South Korea would describe the exercises as defensive, but North Korea would also characterize its provocations as defensive. The investigation, which had previously been hampered by sentinels and anti-personnel mines in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on DMZ`s Arrowhead Hill, consists of a 400-kilometre rail link between Kaesong and Sinuiju, which cuts off the northern central region and the northeast coast. [120] The inter-Korean elevation and the railway pick symbolizing the opening of the new inter-Korean railways and roads in the area[125] were the two objectives of the Pyongyang Agreement. [15] On November 30, 2018, Gangwon and Gyeongui Provincial Councils met at Dorasan Station in Paju to host the rail survey as one of many local projects. [103] The two Koreas have made remarkable concessions that have affected their current combat capability in the three combat zones: land, sea and air. They pledged to establish so-called peace zones near the NLL and MDL, without military withdrawals or troops being deployed on both sides. In these new buffer zones, artillery exercises with live fire, major maneuvers and new weapons will not be permitted; There will also be no-fly zones, including for unmanned aircraft (UAVs) and common fishing areas crossing the NLL. The existing demilitarized zone (DMZ) extends 2 kilometres on either side of the MDL; the new buffer zones will extend for 5 km.

Peace zones based on the NLL will reach 135 km. Near the DMZ, the no-fly zone will be 10 km for helicopters, 15 km for drones and 20 km on the eastern front and 40 km on the western front for flying aircraft. Last September, the agreement on the implementation of Panmunjom`s historic military declaration, also known as the Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), was signed by the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea and the Minister of the North Korean People`s Army in Pyongyang, which served as the first step towards the creation of a lasting peace. This agreement is based on the fundamental spirit of the 1953 ceasefire agreement to prevent armed confrontations on the peninsula and on the content of previous military agreements. It includes practical questions to completely stop aggression against each other. The NLL was explained by an American officer, and in the 1970s, South Korea and the United States distinguished themselves in their interpretations. While the United States considered it a de facto operational line, South Korea considered the line to be territorial. At a time when the United States and its allies have criticized China for crossing arbitrary borders in the South China Sea, we must be self-critical of the NLL. It can be said that the NLL is necessary to defend the South Korean islands. But if we look at similar situations around the world, the maritime borders are drawn around the islands, so that neighbouring countries still have privileges such as access to fishing areas.