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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s statement came after the launch of two North Korean short-range ballistic missiles, which traveled around 350 kilometers and landed in the Sea of Japan.
This Saturday, October 1, the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, warned the Pyongyang government that there will be an “overwhelming response” if it uses nuclear weapons. This after North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles in what is the fourth weapons test of the week.
The South Korean president’s statements came during his speech on Armed Forces Day and amid the escalation of tensions on the peninsula following North Korea’s weapons tests, which coincided with joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. South, and with the visit of the US Vice President Kamala Harris to the latter.
In his message, Yoon assured that both his country and Washington will respond “firmly and overwhelmingly” in case North Korea tries to “use nuclear weapons” and added that Pyongyang is “threatening the survival and prosperity” of South Korea. . Likewise, she reiterated her call to her neighbor to the north to denuclearize “for the peace and prosperity of the peninsula.”
Seoul will seek to reinforce military maneuvers with Washington
Despite his call for peace, the South Korean president was in favor of reinforcing joint military exercises with the United States. This after both nations carried out several underwater exercises this Friday that seek to deal with Pyongyang’s technological developments.
According to intelligence from both nations, North Korea has carried out four missile launches in the past week alone. Those of this Saturday, October 1, took place from the town of Sunan, in the capital, between 6:45 and 7:03, local time. The armament fell outside the waters of Japan’s exclusive economic space.
In this regard, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea assured that “North Korea’s recent series of ballistic missile tests is a significant provocation that undermines peace not only on the Korean peninsula, but also for the international community, and violates clearly the UN Security Council resolutions”.
Saturday’s ballistic test comes after Pyongyang fired four missiles, in two batches, before and after the US vice president’s visit to South Korea.
During the visit to the border between the two nations, Kamala Harris reiterated Washington’s commitment to deploy strategic assets to defend South Korea from its northern neighbor.
Local agencies have reported that the government of Kim Jong-Un has everything ready to carry out what would be the seventh nuclear detonation to date.
This has also coincided with the promulgation, at the beginning of September, of a law that allows to carry out preventive nuclear attacks in case the national integrity or of its leaders is threatened, in addition to making it firm that it will not give up this type of armament.
With AP and EFE.
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