Yoon: "North Korea aims to shake Korean society before the general election with missiles... It only strengthens national unity"

Yoon Chairs Cabinet Meeting in Sejong
Maintains Full Security Readiness Against Additional Provocations

President Yoon Suk-yeol stated on the 2nd that North Korea's ballistic missile launch into the East Sea "only strengthens the unity of our people's hearts even more."

At the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Complex Sejong that morning, President Yoon said, "The North Korean regime is continuing military provocations, including missile launches, trying to shake our society ahead of the general election."

He urged our military to "maintain full security readiness against any further provocations from North Korea."

President Yoon Suk-yeol is delivering opening remarks at the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Complex Sejong on the 2nd. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched one projectile, presumed to be a medium-range ballistic missile, from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea at around 6:53 a.m. that day. The JCS explained that North Korea's missile flew about 600 km before landing in the East Sea.

This is the eighth provocation by North Korea this year alone. It also comes 15 days after North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un conducted a super-large multiple rocket launcher (short-range ballistic missile) firing drill capable of striking the entire South Korean territory on the 18th of last month.

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