Governor Kim Jin-tae, "Stop the Reckless War Games" Kim Yo-jong's Fierce Warning Amid Rising Casualties in North Korea

"Catch Squid and Pollock Well to Feed the People First"
Review of Civil, Military, and Police Response Posture... Donation Support to Help Turkey

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] In response to North Korea's launch of two super-large multiple rocket launcher shells, a tactical nuclear attack means, into the East Sea on the morning of the 20th in protest against the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, Kim Jin-tae, Governor of Gangwon Province, sharply criticized Kim Yo-jong, Deputy Director of the North Korean Workers' Party, saying, "Stop this childish war play."

Gangwon Province Governor Kim Jin-tae held a press conference at the Gangwon Provincial Office on the 20th and strongly condemned North Korea's continuous missile and multiple rocket launcher provocations.
[Photo by Gangwon Province]

Governor Kim held a press briefing at the Gangwon Provincial Office on the same day and said, "This morning, the North fired multiple rocket launcher shells again, and Kim Yo-jong said yesterday that they intend to use the Pacific Ocean as their shooting range."

He continued, "What kind of neighborhood shooting range is the East Sea?" and criticized, "Recently, there have been many starvation deaths in North Korea, so they should focus on catching squid and pollock in the East Sea to feed their people."

He also pointed out, "Not only the safety of fishermen but also because missiles and artillery shells are repeatedly fired into the East Sea, even the squid and pollock in the East Sea are disappearing, causing concern among fishermen."

Governor Kim said, "On the 22nd, we plan to hold an integrated defense meeting of the province to strengthen our capabilities to respond to the continuous provocations from the North and to check the response posture of civilians, government, military, and police in case of emergency."

Earlier, the Joint Chiefs of Staff explained, "From 7 a.m. on the 20th, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sukchon area in South Pyongan Province into the East Sea for about 11 minutes," and North Korea unusually disclosed the multiple rocket launcher launch about an hour after the military provocation.

Meanwhile, Governor Kim announced that he would support a total of $108,000 (about 130 million KRW) in donations, including $100,000 from the provincial contingency fund and $8,000 from the provincial office employees, related to the earthquake damage in Turkey.

Governor Kim said, "Turkey is a blood ally who helped us during the Korean War and a brotherly country that dispatched the fourth largest number of troops. Regardless of historical reasons, we will join Turkey's pain on a humanitarian level."

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