With "North Korea's Reckless Provocation Will Lead to Self-Destruction"

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile in Response to ROK-US-Japan Alliance
Ruling Party: "An Opportunity to Strengthen Deterrence Cooperation Against North Korea"
"Ignoring North Korean Human Rights, Focused Only on Nuclear Missiles"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Hyun-ji] On the 18th, the People Power Party strongly criticized North Korea's long-range ballistic missile launch, stating that "reckless provocations will only lead to self-destruction."

Senior Spokesperson Yang Geum-hee said in a statement that "this will rather serve as an opportunity to strengthen the international community's coordinated deterrence against North Korea." He added, "President Yoon Suk-yeol held talks with the leaders of South Korea, the United States, and Japan during his recent Southeast Asia tour, reaffirming the international community's strong will for deterrence against North Korea and close cooperation." He pressured, "Is the firm message from the international community, including the Republic of Korea, not reaching Kim Jong-un of North Korea?"

North Korea, in response to the strengthening of trilateral extended deterrence cooperation among South Korea, the United States, and Japan, launched a short-range ballistic missile the previous day, and on the morning of the same day, fired a long-range ballistic missile presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This marks the 35th missile launch this year and the 25th since the Yoon Suk-yeol administration began.

Spokesperson Yang also pointed out, "North Korea is solely focused on developing nuclear weapons and missiles to maintain the Kim Jong-un regime, disregarding the human rights of its people." He criticized, "North Korea's shameless duplicity in opposing the adoption of the North Korean Human Rights Resolution while citing the Itaewon tragedy feels truly shameless." The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly held a meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York on the 16th (local time) and adopted the North Korean Human Rights Resolution. The South Korean government also participated as a sponsoring country for the first time in four years.

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