<Anchor> When the



news of the missile launch was announced today (19th), the intelligence chiefs of the three countries, Korea, the United States and Japan, were meeting privately. At the same time, we and US diplomatic officials met in Washington, D.C., and the continued provocations by North Korea are burdensome for the Korean government, which is trying to create an atmosphere of dialogue again.



Kwak Sang-eun continues to be a reporter.



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Noh Kyu-deok, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Negotiation Headquarters, after a meeting with the South Korea-U.S. chief DPRK nuclear delegation in Washington, D.C.



It was evaluated that there was an in-depth discussion regarding the declaration of the end of the war.



[Noh Gyu-deok / Director General of Korean Peninsula Peace Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: I think that the US has deepened its understanding of our plan for an end-of-war declaration. I expect North Korea to respond to the joint efforts for dialogue between the US and South Korea.]



US Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim also

responded that he looked forward

to continuing discussions on the end of the war.



However, in accordance with the existing principle of not presenting a carrot for dialogue, he repeatedly proposed an 'unconditional meeting' and called for a change in North Korea's attitude, including the implementation of UN sanctions against North Korea.



[Sung Kim/US State Department Special Representative for North Korea: The United States is open to dialogue, but it is also responsible for implementing UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea.] After



President Moon Jae-in proposed a declaration of an end to the Korean War at the UN General Assembly, through a meeting of high-level officials Repeated military demonstrations in North Korea are a burden for the South Korean government, which is working hard to materialize related discussions with the United States.



It is known that the South Korean, US and Japanese intelligence chiefs met again in Seoul after five months, heard the news of a North Korean missile launch during a closed meeting and discussed related countermeasures.



[Park Won-gon/Professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University: North Korea first demands the withdrawal of sanctions, but if the US talks about dialogue without conditions, it is judged that North Korea is not actually accepting the conditions it wants.

North Korea continues to provoke even for such pressure (it seems to be)]



While the three countries are strengthening cooperation with North Korea,

it seems

that North Korea will not be left behind in the battle for leadership as North Korea continues to demonstrate its armed forces.



(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik, video editing: Kim Jong-woo)  



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