2023-07-13 11:21:00
After North Korea launched a new long-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, the government of South Korea expressed his concern because from the regime of Kim Jong Un They did not answer the two daily calls that they carry out between both countries.
As explained by the BBCboth countries exchange calls at 09:00 and 15:00 local times through a direct military line with the aim of keeping in touch and thus avoid border clashes.
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However, the South Korean Unification Minister, Kwon Young-se, confirmed on Tuesday that the calls did not materialize and stressed that there was a “unilateral and irresponsible” suspension of communications by North Korea.
In this sense, Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, explained to BBC that “Pyongyang’s provocations continue beyond its protest against US-South Korean defense exercises,” given that “Kim Jong-un has not finished demonstrating his nuclear delivery capability”.
“However, now that the North Koreans are literally not answering the phone, lack of direct communication and diplomacy increases the risk of accidental escalation“, he warned.
On a standard trajectory, the missile launched by North Korea would have the ability to reach US territory.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashiremarked after the last launch that North Korea’s repeated missile tests translate into a “serious and imminent threat” for the country Japan.
For her part, the spokeswoman for the US National Security Council, Adrienne Watsonargued that recent North Korean actions “uselessly tensions rise and risk destabilizing the security situation in the region”.
Adam Hodgespokesman for the White House National Security Council, confirmed in a statement that The United States will take the necessary measures to guarantee the security of its territory and like that of its South Korean and Japanese allies.
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The launch on Wednesday came after the North Korean leader ordered his army to take a style “more practical and offensive” war deterrent, according to the state agency KCNA. In addition, he warned that weapons tests could be accelerated to expand its arsenal in case the rapprochement between the United States and South Korea continues.
“The current unstable situation in which the security of the Korean Peninsula is seriously threatened by hostile forces, requires us to engage with greater intransigence in the implementation of the line of strengthening the nuclear war deterrent“said the North Korean president.
In this context, Kim Jong Un described the launch as a “important progress in the development of strategic forces” of his territory.
The Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile is currently the centerpiece of the North Korean nuclear arsenal.
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