Jung Jin-seok: "North Korea is Truly an Irredeemable Group... Provoking Amid Nationwide Sorrow"

Jin Jeong-seok, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, and Joo Ho-young, Floor Leader, are attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 2nd. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Jeong Jin-seok, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, raised his voice on the 2nd regarding North Korea's ballistic missile launch over the East Sea, saying, "They carried out provocations regardless of the fact that the entire nation is plunged into sorrow," calling them an "incorrigible group."

After the Emergency Response Committee meeting that day, Chairman Jeong told reporters, "We need to identify what North Korea's ballistic missile provocations are aimed at," expressing his concerns.

That morning, North Korea launched ballistic missiles southward over the East Sea, including Ulleungdo, for the first time this year. An air raid alert was issued across Ulleungdo, and President Yoon Suk-yeol convened an emergency National Security Council (NSC) meeting.

Chairman Jeong said, "Ulleungdo is on high alert and evacuation orders have been issued," adding, "It is necessary to determine whether North Korea's missile trajectory passed through our airspace or the waters near Ulleungdo."

He also expressed suspicion, saying, "I have doubts as to whether the provocations were carried out in a manner different from before."

In his opening remarks at the Emergency Response Committee meeting that day, he also expressed condemnation of the North Korean regime. Chairman Jeong said, "The people truly condemn the North Korean regime, which carries out provocations regardless of the entire nation's sorrow."

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