| May
11 | - The North Korean media
covers the election of Moon Jae-in as the 19th President of
the Republic of Korea.
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| May
14 | - The ROK government holds a
meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Security
Council regarding the North’s ballistic missile launch (May
14).
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| May 14 | - The ROK government strongly condemns
North Korea’s ballistic missile launch and repeatedly calls
on the North to desist from further provocations and to come
out to the forum for dialogue on denuclearization (in a
statement on North Korea’s ballistic missile launch).
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| May 14 | - The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea
issues a strong warning on the North’s reckless provocations
regarding the ballistic missile launch and urges North Korea
to immediately stop its nuclear and missile development
program (the ROK military’s position on North Korea’s
ballistic missile launch).
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| May 15 | - North Korea
emphasizes that the new ROK administration should respect
and fully implement the agreements between the two Koreas,
and argues that its ballistic missile launch is part of the
process of carrying out the Byungjin line - developing
nuclear weapons and the economy simultaneously (in a press
conference with foreign journalists by the North Korean
embassy in Beijing).
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| May
15 | - The ROK government states
that the new administration will carry on the previous
administrations’ initiatives in inter-Korean relations and
emphasizes that both South and North Korea should respect
and implement them (in a regular briefing by a spokesperson
for the Ministry of Unification).
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| May 18 | - North Korea
denounces the ROK government’s response to its ballistic
missile launch (in a statement by a spokesperson for the
Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee).
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| May 19 | - The ROK
government emphasizes that North Korea should respond to the
efforts of South Korea and the international community to
achieve peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and to
improve inter-Korean relations (in a regular briefing by a
spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification).
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| May 21 |
- The ROK government holds a meeting of the Standing
Committee of the National Security Council regarding the
North’s ballistic missile launch (May 21).
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| May 21 | - The ROK
government strongly condemns North Korea’s provocations and
calls on the North to desist from all provocative acts,
which violate the UN Security Council resolutions, and to
take the path of denuclearization (in a statement on North
Korea’s ballistic missile launch by a spokesperson for the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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| May 22 | - The ROK
government states that it will strongly respond to the
North’s provocations and emphasizes that, since it is not
desirable to sever inter-Korean relations, it will flexibly
review major issues in inter-Korean relations within the
scope that does not undermine the sanctions framework of the
international community (in a regular briefing by a
spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification).
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| May 26 |
- The ROK government accepts the report on contact with
North Korean residents from the Korean Sharing Movement, a
civic organization (the Ministry of Unification).
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| May 27 |
- The ROK Coast Guard finds two North Korean boats adrift
and rescues six fishermen.
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| May 29 | - The ROK
government holds a meeting of the Standing Committee of the
National Security Council regarding the North’s ballistic
missile launch (May 29).
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| May
29 | - The ROK government harshly
denounces North Korea’s ballistic missile launch and calls
on the North to desist from further provocations and to
immediately take the path of denuclearization (in statement
on North Korea’s ballistic missile launch by a spokesperson
for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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| May 29 | - The Joint
Chiefs of Staff of South Korea issues a strong warning on
the North’s continued provocations and once again urges the
North to immediately desist from all acts that create
tensions and undermine security on the Korean Peninsula (the
ROK military’s position on North Korea’s ballistic missile
launch).
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| May 31 | - The ROK government accepts the report on
contact with North Korean residents from the South Korean
Committee for Implementation of the June 15 Joint
Declaration (the Ministry of Unification).
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| May 31 | - The ROK
government repatriates the six North Korean fishermen
rescued on May 27.
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