| April
1 | - North Korea condemns South
Korea regarding the college admission of the North Korean
restaurant workers who defected to the South and calls on
the South to return the workers to the North (in a statement
by a spokesperson for the Central Committee of the Red Cross
Society).
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| April 1 |
- Regarding the North’s claim that the
North Korean workers were “kidnapped” by the South (April
1), the ROK government confirms that they defected to South
Korea by their own free will and urges the North to stop
falsely claiming that the group defection was a forced
kidnapping (in a regular briefing by a spokesperson for the
Ministry of Unification).
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| April 5 | - The ROK
government discusses countermeasures against the North’s
ballistic missile launch (April 5) (at a meeting of the
Standing Committee of the National Security Council).
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| April 5 | - The ROK government condemns in the
strongest terms the North’s missile launch (April 5) and
points out that North Korea must face up to the reality that
its reckless provocations will eventually lead to its
self-destruction (in a commentary on North Korea’s ballistic
missile launch by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs).
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| April 5 |
- Regarding the North’s missile launch
(April 5), the ROK military emphasizes that it will continue
to strengthen its nuclear and missile deterrence capability
against North Korea, warning that North Korea’s provocations
will bring upon itself its downfall (the ROK military’s
position on North Korea’s ballistic missile launch by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff).
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| April 6 | - A match between
South and North Korea is held for the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey
Women's World Championship (Gangneung).
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| April 7 | - South and
North Korea hold a qualifying match for the 2018 AFC Women's
Asian Cup (Pyongyang).
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| April
14 | - North Korea threatens that
it would burn the USFK bases and the Blue House to the
ground (in a statement by a spokesperson for the General
Staff Department of the KPA).
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| April 14 | - Regarding the
statement by a spokesperson for the General Staff Department
of the KPA (April 14), the ROK military warns that if the
North continues to carry out provocations, the ROK and the
US will sternly punish North Korea based on the strong
alliance, leading the North Korean regime to collapse (the
Joint Chiefs of Staff’s position).
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| April 15 | - North Korea
holds a military parade to mark the 105th birthday of
founding father Kim Il Sung.
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| April 16 | - The ROK
government analyzes the situation regarding the North’s
missile launch (April 16) and discusses countermeasures (at
a meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Security
Council).
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| April 16 |
- The ROK government condemns North
Korea for launching a ballistic missile after showing many
different kinds of attack missiles at a military parade,
adding that it was to threaten the entire world, and repeats
its warning that if the North perpetrates a serious
provocation, a punitive measure that the North Korean regime
finds difficult to endure will follow (in a commentary by a
spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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| April 25 | - North Korea conducts a live-fire drill
to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean
People’s Army (KPA).
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| April
26 | - The ROK military carries
out the 2017 Integrated Live Fire Exercise.
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| April 29 | - The ROK
government strongly condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile
launch (April 29) and warns that if it continues to refuse
to denuclearize itself, the North will face a stern punitive
measure (in a commentary by a spokesperson for the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs).
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| April
29 | - Regarding the North’s
ballistic missile launch (April 29), the ROK military
repeats its warning against the North’s continued
provocations and emphasizes that if it continues to carry
out provocations, the North will pay a corresponding price
(the ROK military’s position on North Korea’s ballistic
missile launch by the Joint Chiefs of Staff).
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