Date: Monday, March 7, 2022
Time: 10:30-10:32 A.M.
Regarding North Korea’s ballistic missile launch
North Korean state media reported yesterday that its National
Aerospace Development Administration and the Academy of Defence
Science conducted another important test on March 5 under the plan of
developing a reconnaissance satellite.
Upon detecting a ballistic missile launch from around the North’s
Sunan area toward the East Sea on March 5, the Government has tracked
and monitored related movements while also maintaining a readiness
posture. Meanwhile, the National Security Council convened an
emergency meeting, condemning the North’s repeated missile launches
and urging it to immediately stop such acts in the face of an
international crisis due to the war in Ukraine and at a time when
Beijing is holding the Paralympics and the South is holding its
presidential election.
The Ministry of Unification also held an executive meeting presided
by the Minister and Vice Minister shortly after the North’s missile
launch. The meeting reviewed situations surrounding inter-Korean
relations, and called on the North to choose the path of dialogue and
cooperation over missile launches that run contrary to peace on the
Korean Peninsula and around the world.
The Ministry, together with related agencies and countries, will
closely monitor developments in the North and continue efforts to
ensure that situations on the Korean Peninsula head toward peace and
cooperation, not increased tension and confrontation.
