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President Moon Jae-in held an emergency National Security Council meeting to discuss countermeasures.
He said he strongly condemns North Korea for breaking its promise to suspend intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
This is Reporter Junmo Moon.
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Right after holding the National Security Council and the NSC emergency meeting, President Moon Jae-in made a statement through the first deputy head of the Security Office to strongly condemn North Korea's missile launch.
[Chairman Suh / First Deputy Director of National Security Office: North Korea has voluntarily canceled the suspending intercontinental ballistic missile launch promised with the international community, and the government strongly condemns it.]
This launch was defined as an ICBM level.
Along with this judgment, President Moon stressed that the launch poses a serious threat to the Korean Peninsula and the international community and clearly violates UN Security Council resolutions.
In a meeting on the 100th day of his inauguration in 2017, President Moon defined the red line, the line that should not be crossed between the completion of the ICBM and the loading of a nuclear warhead.
Therefore, it seems that the strong concern that this launch has crossed the so-called 'red line' is reflected.
It is also interpreted that this message contains a sense of crisis that the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, which has been devoted to the five-year term of office, could end in vain.
However, President Moon also emphasized the principle of resolution through dialogue.
North Korea sternly urges North Korea to stop its activities of creating tension and return to the path of diplomatic resolution as soon as possible.
In addition, he urged close cooperation with Yun Seok-yeol's side, noting that the North Korean launch occurred during a regime change.
At the same time, he briefed the president-elect on the current situation and response plan, and instructed the security chief Seo Hoon to communicate closely in the future.