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North Korea's actions, including a series of repeated missile launches, threaten the peace and safety of Japan, the region and the international community."
Nakatani condemned the North Korean launch of missiles, saying
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The line of bolstering up the self-defensive nuclear deterrent, being pursued by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is the most correct, one and only, choice made by it in the current situation, and we will never vacillate in that way."
Kim Yo Jong concluded
North Korea seems to have recently disclosed its nuclear facility in order to draw attention from the United States and the international community in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, and it is likely that North Korea will carry out additional provocations such as nuclear tests and ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] launches going forward."
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol theorized as to why North Korea has conducted the missile launches and saidThis is just another outright action-based explanation of the most hostile and dangerous aggressive nature of the enemy toward our republic and, at the same time, another absolute proof of the validity and urgency of the line of building up the nuclear forces we have opted for and put into practice."
In a press statement to the Korean Central News Agency, speaking of the trilateral drills, Kim Yo Jong said
I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim-Jong-Un, who are rooting for Trump."
In her speech at the Democratic National Convention this year, speaking of North Korea, Vice President Kamala Harris saidThe critical security environment facing our state eloquently proves the inevitability of the strategic choice made by us to creditably defend our state's security and regional peace from the U.S. and its followers' aggressive and adventuristic military threats."
She addedMore than 10,000 North Korean soldiers are currently in Russia, and we assess that a significant portion of them are deployed to front-line areas, including Kursk,
Jeon Ha-gyu, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry, said Tuesday
This proposed sale will improve the Republic of Korea's ability to meet current and future threats by providing increased intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and airborne early warning and control capabilities,
the State Department saidDirectly, it is to protest the joint air drills by South Korea, U.S. and Japan. Indirectly it is to show off their presence last minute before the U.S. presidential election,
Yang said
If the ICBM was meant for the U.S., the latest ballistic missiles are for South Korea,
University of North Korean Studies in Seoul president Yang Moo-jin saidPyongyang is showing that its contribution of weapons and troops to Russia's war in Ukraine does not curtail its military activities closer to home,
said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul
Given it was a salvo of short-range missiles, the North is indicating that it not only has long-range missiles capable of reaching the U.S., but also short-range ones to target all bases in South Korea and Japan,
Han addedOn the contrary, cooperation with Moscow appears to enable blatant violations of UN Security Council resolutions."
He added
While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel, or territory, or to our allies, we continue to monitor the situation,
US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement
In preparation for additional launches, our military has strengthened surveillance and alertness,
it said, adding
We’re not in a court here, ... and the questions of the United States, in the spirit of an interrogation, is not something I intend to answer.”
Russia’s deputy ambassador Anna Evstigneeva replied
I strongly condemn today's launch of a long-range ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Guterres postedI express my strong dissatisfaction and categorically reject the unfair and prejudiced attitude of the U.N. secretary-general taking issue with the DPRK's just exercise of its right to self-defense,
Kim Yong Jong was quoted as saying Saturday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Pressure, sanctions, and threats have only made us stronger,
Kim addedThe U.N. secretary-general should not lose impartiality in fulfilling his important duty but stop a shameful act of volunteering to act as a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State,
she said