TOKYO (Sputnik) — The South Korean military lowered its high combat readiness status it had maintained amid recent tensions with North Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday, citing a military source.
"The maximum alert order that had come down to the front-line military units is being downgraded," the source was quoted by the agency as saying.
Pyongyang was also reportedly reducing its high combat readiness to a normal level, another source told Yonhap.
On Monday, following marathon talks, two Koreas reached an agreement to stop acts of hostilities to defuse tensions.
Following the exchange of fire, the countries announced they were ready to bring troops to full combat readiness.
The tensions were triggered by Seoul's decision to restart anti-Pyongyang broadcasting propaganda along the demilitarized zone, a practice suspended for over a decade. The decision to hold talks was agreed just hours before the North Korean ultimatum for Seoul to dismantle loudspeakers broadcasting propaganda was to expire.