South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday approved a plan to set up an additional direct hotline with the Communist Party’s military, following the International Atomic Energy Agency’s confirmation that some of North Korea’s nuclear facilities are still operating, Yonhap News Agency reported on March 2.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi recently disclosed that the agency found that some of North Korea’s nuclear facilities, including the thermal power station used for radiochemical test chambers, are still operating. But no signs have been captured of North Korea producing enriched uranium at the Yongbyon nuclear facility and operating a 5-megawatt nuclear reactor. Grossi stressed that North Korea’s nuclear activities clearly violate the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, a move that is of great concern to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Separately, South Korean Defense Ministry International Policy Officer Kim Sang-jin and Ciguo Wei, director of the International Military Cooperation Office of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of Direct Phone Calls between the ROK and Chinese naval and air forces on Tuesday. The two countries agreed to increase the existing three direct telephone lines between the South Korean naval and air forces and the naval and air forces of China’s eastern combat zone to five.
The report said that on Dec. 22 last year, four Chinese military aircraft and 15 Russian military aircraft flew into the ROK Air Defense Identification Zone. At that Time, the Chinese side informed in advance through the Korea-China hotline that it was a routine exercise.
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