President-elect Yoon: "North's Multiple Rocket Launcher Launches Violate Military Agreement"

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is attending the transition committee secretariat meeting held at the Presidential Transition Committee in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 22nd, delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu, Military Specialist Reporter] President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol stated that the multiple rocket launcher fired by North Korea on the 20th is a "clear violation of the September 19 Agreement," signaling a sharp confrontation toward North Korea.

On the same day, President-elect Yoon presided over a meeting of the transition committee secretariat at the Presidential Transition Committee building set up at the Financial Supervisory Service Training Center in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, saying, "This is the 11th provocation this year alone, but it is the first time for a multiple rocket launcher," emphasizing this point. He also urged, "Please thoroughly monitor the security situation without any gaps."

President-elect Yoon views North Korea's firing of four multiple rocket launcher rounds into the West Sea from an undisclosed location in South Pyongan Province around 7:18 a.m. on the 20th as a violation of the September 19 Military Agreement. Since North Korea fired 240mm multiple rocket launchers near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in Hwanghae Province in the West Sea, it means a violation of the military agreement itself because it can strike key military points such as Baengnyeongdo and other northwestern islands. The September 19 Military Agreement is the "Military Agreement for the Implementation of the Historic Panmunjom Declaration," signed on September 19, 2018. In this agreement, the military authorities of both Koreas promised to completely cease hostile acts on land, sea, and air.

However, the Ministry of National Defense holds the position that since the multiple rocket launcher rounds did not cross the buffer zone of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea, which is the artillery firing prohibition zone stipulated in the military agreement, it is not considered a violation of the military agreement.

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