Park Jin, "Prepared Various Measures to Respond to North Korean Missiles" (Comprehensive)

Foreign Minister Park Jin's Breakfast Meeting with Former Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro on the Morning of the 3rd
: "Absolutely Cannot Tolerate North Korea's Ballistic Missile Launch"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] On the 3rd, Foreign Minister Park Jin stated regarding the missile launched by North Korea into the East Sea, "We have made various preparations. We will first assess the extent of North Korea's provocation and then make a decision."

Minister Park made these remarks to reporters while leaving after a breakfast meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at a hotel in Seoul, in response to a question about whether South Korea is considering additional independent sanctions against North Korea. He said, "I plan to attend the National Security Council to discuss the specific situation and prepare countermeasures."

Before attending the breakfast, he emphasized, "We absolutely cannot tolerate North Korea escalating threats like this," and added, "It is necessary to maintain strong defense capabilities to deter provocations."

The Joint Chiefs of Staff detected one missile presumed to be a long-range ballistic missile launched from the Sunan area in Pyongyang toward the East Sea around 7:40 a.m., and two missiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Kaechon area in South Pyongan Province toward the East Sea starting at 8:39 a.m.

Meanwhile, regarding the outcome of the breakfast meeting with former Prime Minister Aso, Minister Park stated, "Both leaders have the will to improve Korea-Japan relations, and we discussed that improving Korea-Japan relations benefits the national interests of both countries."

When asked whether former Prime Minister Aso's side mentioned the difficulty of Japanese companies contributing funds related to forced labor compensation, he replied, "There was no such discussion."

When asked if there was any message conveying the intentions of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from the Japanese side, he said, "I understand that he had many good conversations with President Yoon Suk-yeol yesterday."

It was reported that former Prime Minister Aso's side conveyed the importance of meetings between heads of state.

Earlier, on the 2nd, former Prime Minister Aso, who is the Deputy President of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visited South Korea as the chairman of the Japan-Korea Cooperation Committee and met with President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Foreign Minister Park Jin attended the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee plenary meeting held at the National Assembly on the 31st and provided a briefing on current issues related to the "Itaewon tragedy." Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

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