South Korea, U.S. and Japan condemn North Korea's latest missile provocation

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South Korea, U.S. and Japan condemn North Korea's latest missile provocation

Published: 16 Jun. 2023, 10:20 Updated: 16 Jun. 2023, 10:38

National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong, right, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, left, and Japan's National Security Secretariat Secretary General Takeo Akiba pose for a photo at their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

The top national security advisers of South Korea, Japan and the United States condemned North Korea's missile launches Thursday, calling them "clear violations" of multiple UN Security Council resolutions.

"The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea condemn today's DPRK missile launches," the released statement said, referring to South Korea by its official name.

"These launches are clear violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, and demonstrate the threat the DPRK's unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs pose to the region, international peace and security, and the global non-proliferation regime," it added.

DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name.

The joint condemnation came hours after Pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles following its failed attempt to launch what it claimed to be a military reconnaissance satellite on May 31.

Pyongyang said it will try again to launch a space launch vehicle carrying its first military spy satellite.

The security advisers stressed the need "for all countries to fully implement DPRK-related UN Security Council resolutions that are intended to prohibit the DPRK from acquiring the technologies and materials needed to carry out these destabilizing launches."

"The United States reaffirms unequivocally security commitments to both Japan and the ROK," they added.

The national security advisers urged North Korea to engage in diplomacy, saying trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the United States will "not be shaken by provocations."

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