Regarding the North Korean assessment, we’re weighing a possibility of deception,
Conducting a test-fire inland is extremely rare and it is highly likely to be false to claim it has succeeded,
How many Russian troops are committed to North Korea? There is no comparison as to the commitment,
I think we need to take very seriously how dire the threat from North Korea is, and that the Washington Declaration is not a solution,
The deterrence under the solid South Korea-U.S. alliance is currently working, but it does not guarantee the capacity to respond to the future changes in the security environment,
Because the NCG that it established has carried out most of its work in secrecy and provided little substance to reassure the South Korean people, many of the South Koreans with whom I have spoken are concerned that it is an inadequate means for rebuilding South Korean trust,
The international situation, such as cooperation between North Korea and Russia, is adding uncertainty to the security of South Korea,
The Philippines has consistently supported the call for a complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea),
North Korea would benefit from fielding a nuclear weapons force that could evade US missile defenses with high-end intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines,
The test-fire was conducted with a missile tipped with a simulated heavy warhead to verify flight stability and hit accuracy at the maximum range of 500 kilometers and the minimum range of 90 km,
It is difficult to know exactly where the short-range missile hit. We believe it may have gone toward Pyongyang,
In both North Korean politics and military policy, the best defence is often a good offence,
The South Korean military will maintain its capacity and posture to respond overwhelmingly to any provocation while closely monitoring North Korea's various activities under a strong South Korea-US joint defense posture,