Senior Secretary for Public Relations Kim Eun-hye is briefing on pending issues in the briefing room of the Yongsan Presidential Office on the 4th. Presidential Correspondents
On the 4th, President Yoon Seok-yeol ordered the National Security Office to consider suspending the effect of the 9/19 military agreement if North Korea provokes another invasion of our territory.
Kim Eun-hye, chief public relations chief of the presidential office, said at a briefing held at the presidential office building in Yongsan that day that President Yoon said this while receiving a report on the response to unmanned aerial vehicles from the National Security Office, the Ministry of National Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Defense Science Research Institute in the morning.
The September 19 military agreement was reached through the third summit meeting between then-President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2018. The main point is to end military hostilities in areas of confrontation, including the Demilitarized Zone. Even in October of last year, when there was a North Korean missile provocation, the Office of the President said, “It was the North Korean side that violated the 9/19 military agreement, and whether the agreement will continue to be maintained or abrogated will ultimately depend on North Korea’s attitude” (a person from the Office of the President). have done
On this day, President Yoon instructed Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop to “create a joint drone unit that performs multi-purpose missions such as surveillance and reconnaissance and electronic warfare, and build a system that can mass-produce small drones that are difficult to detect within the year,” Chief Kim said. . Along with this, President Yoon ordered the production of “stealth drones” and the development of a rapid “drone killer” system within the year.
Chief Kim said, “We ordered the Republic of Korea’s armed forces to have an overwhelming response capability that goes beyond proportion to North Korea’s provocations.”