| July
4 | - The ROK government holds a
meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Security
Council regarding the North’s ballistic missile launch (July
4)
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| July 4 | - The ROK government strongly condemns
North Korea’s ballistic missile launch (July 4) and calls on
the North to immediately 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 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
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| July 4 | - The Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea
announces that it is rigorously analyzing North Korea’s
argument for the “successful ICBM launch,” strongly
denounces the North’s ballistic missile launch, and sternly
urges the North to immediately desist from those acts that
create tension and anxiety on the Korean Peninsula and in
the international community (the ROK military’s position on
North Korea’s ballistic missile launch).
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| July 5 | - The ROK
and US military stage a joint ballistic missile exercise in
response to the latest missile launch by North Korea.
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| July 6 | - South Korean President Moon Jae-in
announces the Berlin Initiative.
- (Five policy directions) △ Seek to establish lasting
peace on the Korean Peninsula, rather than achieving
unification in the immediate future; △ Pursue the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a way that
guarantees the security of the North Korean regime; △
Establish a permanent peace structure on the Korean
Peninsula; △ Work towards drawing a new economic map on
the Korean Peninsula; and △ Consistently pursue
nonpolitical exchange and cooperation in separation from
the political and military situation
- (Proposals
to North Korea) △ Resume the family reunions between the
separated families and relatives on the occasion of the
tenth anniversary of the October 4 Declaration; △ Make
the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics an “Olympics of
Peace” with the participation of the North; △ Stop all
acts of hostility that escalate military tensions on the
Military Demarcation Line on the occasion of the 64th
anniversary of the Armistice Agreement on July 27; and △
Resume inter-Korean dialogue and contact to establish
peace on the Korean Peninsula and South-North
cooperation
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| July 17 | - In follow-up to
the Berlin Initiative, the Korean Red Cross offers to hold
Red Cross talks on August 1 at the Peace House on the
South’s side of Panmunjeom (in a proposal by the acting
president of the Korean Red Cross to hold inter-Korean Red
Cross talks on the reunions of separated families).
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| July 17 | - In follow-up to the Berlin Initiative,
the ROK government proposes military talks with North Korea
on July 21 at Tongilgak on the North’s side of Panmunjeom
(in a proposal by the Vice Minister of National Defense to
hold inter-Korean military talks to stop all acts of
hostility).
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| July 17 |
- The ROK government explains its
policy stance on North Korea and urges the North to respond
to the South’s proposals regarding the Berlin Initiative (in
an announcement by the Minister of Unification concerning
follow-up measures to the Berlin Initiative).
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| July 21 |
- The ROK government repeatedly calls on the North to come
to the dialogue table regarding the proposal for
inter-Korean military talks (Ministry of National Defense’s
position regarding the proposal for the inter-Korean
military authority talks).
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| July 29 | - The ROK
government holds a meeting of the Standing Committee of the
National Security Council regarding the North’s ballistic
missile launch (July 28).
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| July 29 | - The ROK
government strongly condemns North Korea’s launch of
ICBM-level missiles (July 28) and calls on the North to
accede to the South’s proposals for establishing peace and
achieving denuclearization as follow-up measures to the
Berlin Initiative (in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs on North Korea’s launch of ICBM-level
missiles).
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| July 29 |
- The ROK and US military carry out a
combined ballistic missile drill in response to North
Korea’s launch of ICBM-level missiles.
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| July 29 | - The ROK
government strongly denounces North Korea’s launch of
ICBM-level missiles (July 28) and warns that South Korea and
the US will take strong action against the North’s missile
provocations, including deployment of more strategic assets
(the ROK military’s position stated by the Minister of
National Defense on North Korea’s launch of ICBM-level
missiles).
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