South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol North KoreaHe said that ‘s nuclear weapons now threaten the whole world.
Speaking to reporters in Seoul, Yoon reiterated his promise to strengthen his country’s defense through the alliance of the United States and Japan, adding that recent events show that the North’s nuclear threat is “getting more serious every day.”
Yoon said, “North Korea is constantly developing and advancing its nuclear weapons capabilities. South Korea“It’s not threatening the whole world, but I don’t think North Korea has anything to gain with nuclear weapons,” he said.
Reassuring his people not to worry, Yoon said his country is ready to respond to the nuclear threat with the United States and Japan.
Officials noted that North Korea’s advancing nuclear program continues to pose a serious security threat.
South Korea’s Deputy Spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense Moon Hong Sik described North Korea’s nuclear threats as “very grave and serious” and said South Korea has the ability to detect and intercept the weapons systems it says the North is using in its exercises.
Moon stated that South Korea continues to implement spy satellites, various drones and additional sea-based reconnaissance assets to better monitor the North.
South Korea yesterday called on North Korea, which has carried out 7 missile tests in the last 2 weeks, to immediately stop its missile provocations.
NORTH KOREA’S LAST MISSILE TRIAL IS ANNOUNCED TO “ELIMINATE THE ENEMIES”
North Korea announced that the aim of the missile test, which was carried out after the military exercise organized by South Korea and the USA in the region, was to “eliminate the enemies”.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced that the recent missile tests were carried out to “hit and destroy” possible South Korean and US targets.
North Korea, in its previous statement, claimed that the missile tests it carried out in the last days were “legitimate defense”.
The ballistic missile launched by North Korea on October 4, which made its 7th missile test in the last 2 weeks, passed through the northeast of Japan for the first time since 2017 and fell into the Pacific Ocean.
The United States and South Korea fired 4 surface-to-surface missiles into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) in joint exercises in response to North Korea’s ballistic missile launch.
The United States announced that the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which left the Korean Peninsula after a joint naval exercise, will return to the East Sea on October 5. After that, North Korea launched two ballistic missiles in the direction of the East Sea on 6 October.
The US, South Korea and Japan held an anti-submarine exercise in international waters adjacent to the East Sea on September 30 for the first time in the last 5 years.
It is known that the Pyongyang administration has carried out more than 20 ballistic missile tests at different ranges since the beginning of 2022, in violation of the United Nations (UN) resolutions.
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