People watch a television screen showing news footage of North Korea’s latest tactical missile test at the Suzy train station in Seoul, March 26, 2021.
North Korea launched a new ballistic missile last week, raising regional tensions. The White House said on March 29 that Biden does not plan to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Woong-jung, today criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who condemned North Korea’s missile test, as “shameful” and “no different from the rogue logic of the United States.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked by reporters on the 29th whether Biden’s diplomatic approach to North Korea would include “sitting with Kim Jong-un” as former President Trump generally did, and replied: “I think his approach would be quite different, and sitting with him is not his intention. “
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on the 25th, underscoring the steady progress of its weapons program and raising pressure on the United States.
The U.S. condemned North Korea’s test missile launches, saying the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose a serious threat to international peace and security, and requested a meeting of the U.N. Security Council sanctions committee to criticize the North’s missile launches.
Biden said on the 25th that the U.S. remains open to diplomatic interaction with North Korea despite this, but also warned that the U.S. will respond if North Korea makes the situation worse.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on the 26th that he “hopes nothing will happen that will make dialogue difficult” in response to North Korea’s missile test and said he would maintain a military force strong enough to maintain peace under the principle of denuclearization.
North Korea said on the 27th that the Biden Administration took the wrong first step by criticizing North Korea’s so-called self-defense missile test, which revealed “deep-rooted hostility.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on 30 June that Kim Yo Jong criticized Moon’s “shameful” remarks condemning North Korea’s missile test and suggesting that North and South Korea and the U.S. should not create obstacles to talks, and said “South Korea’s illogical and brazen attitude is no different from the rogue logic of the U.S. This illogical and brazen attitude of South Korea is no different from the rogue-like logic of the United States.”
North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported confirmation of a test launch of a “newly developed new tactical-guided launcher” capable of carrying a 2.5 ton warhead on the 25th, and claimed that the two test launches accurately hit targets 600 kilometers away.
However, the South Korean media pointed out that the distance of the test firing was 450 km and 150 km as disclosed by the South Korean and Japanese militaries, which may be exaggerated by the North Korean media, but it is still a significant improvement compared to the previous test firing results.
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