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South Korean Defense Minister Seo Wook said North Korea is threatening a legitimate search operation in South Korean waters without responding to requests for a joint investigation into the injuries of South Korean officials in the Western Sea. Secretary Seo said that the North Korean killings are all-out hostilities and that all responsibility rests with North Korea. Reporter Kim Hwan-yong reports from Seoul.
South Korean Defense Minister Seo Wook attended the National Assembly’s National Defense Committee’s national audit on the 7th and said North Korea is threatening a search operation by the army and police of South Korea searching for the body of a South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries official who was recently shot by North Korean troops on the west coast of North Korea.
[녹취: 서욱 장관] “North Korea has expressed an apology and prevention of a recurrence in connection with the recent deaths of Korean citizens in the West Sea, but military tensions continue, such as the threat of a legitimate search operation in our seas without responding. at the request for a joint investigation by the South Korean government. “Previously, on the 27th of last month, through the state media ‘Chhosun Central News’, “the South Korean side is invading the waters of North Korea mobilizing an action that is supposed to be a search operation for the bodies of public officials who they have been hit by various boats and other boats since last month. ” And he insisted that the ‘territorial invasion’ be stopped.
Secretary Seo’s comments are interpreted as a rebuttal. The Republic of Korea military and maritime police are currently engaged in body search activities in South Korean waters south of the NLL and the North Boundary Line of the West Sea.
Secretary Seo also said that North Korea’s actions revealed in this case were considered hostile acts in a broad sense and that all responsibility rests with North Korea.
[녹취: 서욱 장관] “Generally, hostilities were interpreted as hostilities from a military point of view, but if you look at them broadly, that can also be seen as hostilities.”On the question of whether it is a violation of the 9/19 military agreement, the government repeatedly stated: “Because the military agreement does not contain everything, we need to develop it further in the future.” “There is no specific part, but in general it goes against the spirit of the agreement.” That.
Moreover, amid controversy over the circumstances of the attack or whether the body was burned, he made it clear that the North Korean side’s response to shooting civilians was inappropriate.
Minister Seo said about the differences between the North Korean announcement and the ROK army’s intelligence analysis, such as whether the victims voluntarily fled North Korea, whether the North Korean leadership ordered the death at the time of the attack. and if the North Korean army had burned the body, “the truth must be investigated and a joint investigation I think is necessary.”
Minister Seo also said on the 10th that there is a possibility for North Korea to mobilize strategic weapons in a ceremony celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Labor Party.
“Do you think North Korea has the potential to show ICBMs, ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, SLBMs, etc. in a feverish ceremony?” Secretary Seo said. It seems they are doing it and they are determined to be armed with strategic weapons. “
The ROK military is paying attention to the possibility of North Korea mobilizing new ICBMs and SLBMs equipped with multiple warheads in this row of weapons.
The Korean Defense Ministry explained that the preparation of events such as a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Labor Party is in the final stage of the state administration’s audit report.
This is the news from the Seoul VOA, Kim Hwan-yong.
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