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S. Korean military relaxes top-level defense posture at border
![South Korean soldiers patrol along the coast of South Korea`s western island of Yeonpyeong, which borders North Korea, on Aug. 26, 2015. The South Korean military has reduced its military alert position since North Korea lifted the quasi-war state of its armed forces following the two Koreas` agreement the previous day on defusing tensions after four days of intensive inter-Korean talks. (Yonhap)](http://www.koreatimesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/korea-border.jpg)
South Korean soldiers patrol along the coast of South Korea`s western island of Yeonpyeong, which borders North Korea, on Aug. 26, 2015. The South Korean military has reduced its military alert position since North Korea lifted the quasi-war state of its armed forces following the two Koreas` agreement the previous day on defusing tensions after four days of intensive inter-Korean talks. (Yonhap)
SEOUL (Yonhap) — The South Korean military relaxed Wednesday its high-level combat readiness posture it had maintained at the border due to heightened tensions with North Korea earlier this month, a military source said.
“The maximum alert order that had come down to the front-line military units is being downgraded,” the source said.
The front-line soldiers, however, will remain in a tighter readiness posture than normal, the source noted.