President Yoon Seok-yeol is speaking at an emergency economic and security review meeting due to the Middle East crisis held at the Presidential Office Building in Yongsan, Seoul on the 2nd. 2024.10.02.”/>
President Yoon Seok-yeol said in an interview with foreign media ahead of his 6-day, 5-night tour of Southeast Asia, “There is a possibility that North Korea will continue to carry out additional provocations, such as nuclear tests and ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launches, to attract the attention of the United States and the international community.” “At this ASEAN Summit, we will send a clear message that the international community will not tolerate North Korea’s reckless actions that violate Security Council resolutions and international norms and threaten peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Pacific region, and even the world,” he said.
In an interview with the Associated Press reported on the 6th under the title ‘President Yoon, disclosure of North Korea’s nuclear facilities is to attract attention from the United States,’ President Yoon said, “North Korea’s denuclearization is an essential prerequisite for creating a free, peaceful and prosperous Intai region.” He said this.
Regarding North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un’s statement that North Korea is a nuclear state, President Yoon said, “The North Korean regime’s past claim that the reason for developing nuclear weapons was never to target South Korea, which shares the same nation, has been revealed to the world as false.” Regarding the possibility of additional provocations from North Korea, he said, “Our government is closely watching North Korea’s related trends,” and “We are thoroughly monitoring North Korea’s movements through the ROK-US joint surveillance and reconnaissance assets.” Regarding North Korea’s continued garbage balloon provocations, he warned, “If any harm occurs to the safety of the people, North Korea will face a response that is difficult to endure.”
Regarding the U.S. presidential election scheduled for early next month, President Yoon said, “There is solid bipartisan support in the U.S. for the ROK-U.S. alliance,” and “Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, it will continue to develop steadily and unwaveringly in the future.” Regarding Korea-Japan relations, he said, “I think we will be able to continue to develop Korea-Japan relations with Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister and new cabinet.”
President Yoon will begin his 6-day, 5-night tour of Southeast Asia starting on the 6th. After making a state visit to the Philippines and Singapore, President Yoon plans to move to Laos, where the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit will be held. After attending the ASEAN Summit and the ASEAN+3 (Korea, China, and Japan) Summit, President Yoon will also hold a series of bilateral meetings with ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and Thailand. President Yoon is expected to meet the new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the first time during this trip.
Jeong Bong-oh, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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