Two Koreas act to remove threat of war on peninsula

SEOUL - South and North Korea on November 1 officially ceased all hostile acts against each other on land, sea and air in accordance with their bilateral military agreement signed on September. The South Korean Government described the move as a milestone in removing the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula. 

South Korea's Ministry of National Defence on October 31 said military authorities of both Koreas stopped all live-fire artillery drills and regiment-level field manoeuvers from midnight, November 1 under the terms of the  inter-Korean military agreement. 
The Ministry added that the two sides stopped firing from warships and naval manoeuvers within the buffer zones of the East and Yellow Seas, adding that they had also closed the artillery gun holes of warships and coastline artillery installations on border islands such as Yeonpyeongdo and Baengnyeongdo. 
The two sides officially proclaimed a no-fly zone for each aircraft type and adjusted the location of the airspace used for a joint drill between South Korean and U.S. air forces. 
The North officially announced that it will implement measures to halt all hostile military acts per the Agreement on the Implementation of the Historic Panmunjom Declaration in the Military Domain, such as closing gun ports along the western sea boundary. 
The Ministry of National Defence in Seoul said the United Nations Command had expressed support for the steps taken to halt all hostile acts on land, sea and air between the Koreas. 
The Ministry added that the decision would accelerate the easing of military tension and the building trust between South and North Korea, calling the measures "meaningful steps" to advance the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and setting up a permanent peace in the region. www.koreanet.kr (ATI).