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South Korea’s President instructs to strengthen defenses after North Korea’s missile launch

According to the South Korean presidential office, President Yoon Suk-yeol issued the directive after members of the National Security Council (NSC) briefly reported on the results of the council’s meeting shortly after the launch. North Korea. President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the maintenance of readiness posture and continued strengthening of South Korea-US joint defense, including missile defense drills.

During an NSC meeting chaired by National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han, officials assessed that North Korea’s ballistic missile launches were a test of the new government’s security situation in the country. Korea.

This is the third time the NSC has had to convene an emergency meeting since President Yoon took office on May 10.

Earlier, the South Korean military said that North Korea had launched eight short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on the morning of June 5. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, South Korea’s military is “increasingly monitoring the activities of the North Korean side while working closely with the US to maintain a readiness posture”.

Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference on the same day, Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo said that North Korea had launched at least six missiles, of which at least one was of the type capable of orbital correction. . He called the launch of rockets in such a large number from at least three locations in such a short period of time as “unusual” and “unacceptable”.

North Korea conducted the launch after South Korea and the United States had just completed a large-scale joint exercise lasting three days, in which deployed the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. This is the first time since 2017 that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been deployed to participate in a joint battle between the two allies.

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