Emergency NSC Meeting on North Korea Provocation... Strong Warning of "International Isolation, Sanctions on North Korea, and Livelihood Collapse"

North Korea Provokes Ahead of Workers' Party Founding Day... NSC: "ROK-US, ROK-US-Japan Security Cooperation to Strengthen Defense Posture"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] On the 9th, after North Korea once again carried out a short-range ballistic missile provocation, the National Security Office immediately reported the related details to President Yoon Suk-yeol and held an emergency Standing Committee meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) chaired by Kim Sung-han, Director of the National Security Office. The NSC warned that North Korea's continuous provocations would deepen international isolation, sanctions against North Korea, and the collapse of public livelihood, thereby further destabilizing the regime.

On this day, the NSC Standing Committee members strongly condemned North Korea's successive launches of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles as a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions and an act that escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. Furthermore, the NSC noted the adoption of a resolution at the 41st International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) General Assembly, reaffirming that North Korea's ballistic missile launches pose a threat to international civil aviation safety and violate UN Security Council resolutions, urging North Korea to comply with international norms.

In particular, the attendees warned that North Korea's ongoing provocations would deepen international isolation, sanctions against North Korea, and the collapse of public livelihood, thereby further destabilizing the regime. They also confirmed the thorough readiness of our military and decided to further strengthen deterrence against North Korea and the combined defense posture through combined South Korea-U.S. exercises, including the deployment of U.S. strategic assets, and South Korea-U.S.-Japan security cooperation.

The emergency NSC Standing Committee meeting on this day was attended by Kim Sung-han, Director of the National Security Office; Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kwon Young-se, Minister of Unification; Lee Jong-sup, Minister of National Defense; Kim Kyu-hyun, Director of the National Intelligence Service; Kim Tae-hyo, Secretary-General of the NSC Secretariat; and Lim Jong-deuk, Deputy Director of the National Security Office.

Earlier, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea in the early morning. This provocation came after the conclusion of a maritime joint maneuver exercise involving the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, and was launched late at night on the eve of the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party (the 10th). The Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that from around 1:48 a.m. to 1:58 a.m., two SRBMs launched from the area around Munchon, Gangwon Province (north of Wonsan) toward the East Sea were detected.

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