Ruling Party and Government Cancel Emergency Meeting on 'North Korea Missile Provocation'... "Military Must Respond First"

Joo Ho-young "Will hold a meeting immediately once resolved"

Jeong Jin-seok, Emergency Response Committee Chairman of the People Power Party, is attending the Emergency Response Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 2nd and delivering opening remarks. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The People Power Party canceled the emergency party-government meeting scheduled for the morning of the 3rd regarding North Korea's missile provocations. This decision was made based on the judgment that the military authorities' on-site response is the top priority as North Korea launched missiles into the East Sea for the second consecutive day.

Joo Ho-young, the floor leader of the People Power Party, said to reporters on his way to work that day, "It was not appropriate to call the personnel who need to respond here (at the National Assembly)," adding, "Once the situation is under control, we will hold the (party-government) meeting immediately. It should be seen not as a cancellation but as a postponement."

The party and government had originally planned to hold a meeting for about an hour on that day regarding North Korea's successive missile provocations, with Emergency Response Committee Chairman Jeong Jin-seok, the People Power Party leadership, and government officials including Shin Beom-cheol, Deputy Minister of National Defense, and Kim Shin-cheol, Chief of Operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea fired about 25 missiles in four rounds in one day, including short-range ballistic missiles near our territorial waters south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the East Sea for the first time since the division.

However, the situation rapidly changed as North Korea again launched missiles into the East Sea that morning. With the military tension on the Korean Peninsula reaching its peak, the canceled party-government consultation is expected to be held as soon as possible.

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