Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "North Korea's Cruise Missile Launch, an Act of Peace Disruption"

On the morning of the 22nd, citizens at the Seoul Station waiting room were watching related news reports about North Korea launching a cruise missile into the West Sea. This missile launch by North Korea comes three days after firing two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) into the East Sea on the 19th. [Image source=Yonhap News]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan strongly condemned North Korea's launch of cruise missiles, calling it an "act that destroys peace and stability in the region."

According to Taiwan media such as Liberty Times on the 23rd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan made this statement in a press release the previous day.

The Ministry pointed out that since last year, North Korea has frequently launched various ballistic and cruise missiles, escalating tensions not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in the Indo-Pacific region.

It emphasized condemnation of North Korea's repeated missile launches in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions, describing these acts as destructive to regional peace and stability.

The Ministry mentioned that Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan, as members of the democratic camp in the Indo-Pacific region, face military threats from communist authoritarian regimes, citing the example of China conducting live-fire military exercises near Taiwan in August last year as a form of intimidation.

It further stressed, "Taiwan will continuously pay close attention to North Korea's various military threats and provocative acts, cooperate with ideologically similar countries to jointly promote peace, prosperity, and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, and restrain the expansion and aggression of authoritarian regimes."

The Ministry added that it will maintain a rules-based international order and uphold freedom, openness, stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

Earlier, North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles toward the West Sea in a surprise attack starting around 4 a.m. the previous day.

This missile launch came three days after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) into the East Sea on the 19th.

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