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It was confirmed that the military commanders held an emergency meeting on Saturday, Saturday, when a North Korean ship entering Gangwon Samcheok Port was discovered as a resident. It is a story that the military authorities knew the seriousness of the situation. However, the military said that there was no problem with the maritime border operation, and after the fact that it was revealed one and the other, it was urgent to the next.

Kim Tae-hoon, a defense expert reporter.

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North Korea's defense minister and chief of staff, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held an emergency meeting in the JCS Command Control Center on the 15th,

It is from the very beginning that North Korean ships broke through the border and entered the port of Samcheok as a serious incident.

[Hyunsoo Choi / Ministry of National Defense spokesperson: (Is it appropriate to hold a meeting in the underground bunker on the morning of the 15th?) Yes, that's right. There is no change from the point of view that we were watching this issue strictly.]

However, the military authorities did not announce the fact that the ship had entered the pier in the briefing on October 17, and explained the situation before and after the border failure on the 19th briefing after the media report revealed the problem.

However, it was confirmed that the second briefing was held on the 19th last day when JCS issued a letter to the subordinate troops such as the 1st Fleet Command that controls the East Sea.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), which includes "prohibition of external exposure to the US," and "consultation with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) at the time of disclosure," emphasizes not to notify the outside of the case, especially the media.

In the situation where the problem of handling the case is exposed one by one, it is sent up to the official document to make the entrance.

A government official said, "It was done to maintain and share operational conditions during the joint investigation."

(Image coverage: Kim Seongil, Image editing: Seungjin Lee, CG: Chung,