The government held an emergency meeting of the National Security Council and the NSC Standing Committee for about an hour from 10 am on the 5th, and received a report on North Korea's ballistic missile launches from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.



The participants first pointed out that it was in violation of UN Security Council resolutions for North Korea to launch ballistic missiles in an unprecedented and repeated manner, contrary to the international community's request for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, and condemned it, the Blue House said.



He also pointed out that this is a very serious time, with international tensions escalating due to the Ukraine war, and the Beijing Winter Paralympics and domestic presidential elections, urging North Korea to immediately stop any further escalating tensions.



While maintaining a strong readiness posture, the participants decided to closely analyze the detailed specifications of the projectile in close cooperation between the ROK and US military and intelligence authorities.



The participants decided to actively devise necessary countermeasures while monitoring North Korea's nuclear and missile-related facilities more closely, especially in Yongbyon and Punggye-ri.



Today's Standing Committee was attended by National Security Office Director Suh Hoon, Presidential Chief of Staff Yoo Young-min, Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, Unification Minister Lee In-young, Defense Minister Seo Wook, National Intelligence Service Director Park Ji-won, State Affairs Coordination Office Director Koo Yun-cheol, National Security Office First Deputy Director Suh Ju-seok, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Jeong-hwan Park.



Earlier, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced at around 8:50 am today that "North Korea fired an unknown projectile into the East Sea."



Military authorities said that they detected a ballistic missile launched into the East Sea from the Sunan area of ​​Pyongyang City, North Korea around 8:48 am today, and detected it at a flight distance of about 270 km and an altitude of about 560 km. I did.



The launch today marks the ninth missile test launch this year, six days after North Korea resumed its armed protests on the 27th of last month, a month after it was launched.