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launch test you just saw was scheduled for a long time ago. However, on the same day, North Korea fired a ballistic missile, and coincidentally, today (15th), the Chinese foreign minister was in Korea.



Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea, pointed out how to interpret this situation.



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Defense Science Research Institute's SLBM launch test this afternoon has been ready since about a month ago.



An official from the Blue House said, "This is to show off the development of world-class strategic weapons and to inform the public about the strengthening of national defense capabilities."



[President Moon Jae-in: We are very happy that we succeeded in launching our SLBM from our submarine at a practical level.]



However, the schedule for this event was not revealed until 4 pm due to issues such as the presidential security.



Therefore, it seems that North Korea's daytime ballistic missile launch was carried out according to North Korea's own schedule of pressure from the US and South Korea and the improvement of new weapons.



Coincidentally, the two Koreas launched missiles about an hour apart.



Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was visiting Korea, said this after the ROK-China foreign ministers meeting this morning,



[Wang Yi/Chinese Foreign Minister: I hope that everyone will do something conducive to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Not only North Korea, but other countries are also carrying out military actions.]



At that time, it is difficult to say that the inter-Korean armed protests were in check as it was before the missile launches between the two Koreas took place.



Minister Wang's visit to Korea is focused on managing Korea-China relations in the context of the US-China confrontation.



Although the missile launches of the South and the North and the visit of Director Wang to South Korea occurred at the same time today, South Korea moved to show off its national defense capabilities, North Korea to pressure South Korea and the United States, and China to manage South Korea-China relations in the US-China confrontation.



However, as we can see from today's movement, it seems clear that the Korean Peninsula is a place where keen interests are at work.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)