The senior official in charge of North Korea issues in the U.S. government is North Korea, which will be 110 years since the birth of Kim Jong-un (Kim Jong-un)'s grandfather, Kim Il-sung (Kim Il-sung). He expressed strong concern that he might be provoked, such as in an experiment.

In North Korea, the birthday of Kim Jung-eun's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, is said to be "the biggest holiday of the nation" on the 15th of this month, and the leadership "celebrates grandly" about the 110th anniversary of his birth. It is said that.



Regarding this, Sung Kim, the special representative in charge of the North Korean issue at the US State Department, said at a press conference on the phone on the 6th, "I am concerned that North Korea will take a new provocation. It may be a new missile launch. It may be a nuclear test, "he said, expressing strong concern.



Regarding the response to North Korea, he said, "Military colleagues are considering what can be done in the three countries of Japan, the United States and South Korea," and expressed the idea that Japan, the United States and South Korea would like to cooperate and strengthen deterrence. rice field.



Meanwhile, the United States is continuing discussions with its permanent members, China and Russia, with the aim of adopting a new sanctions resolution against North Korea at the UN Security Council following a series of missile launches by North Korea.



"Unfortunately, we cannot say that productive discussions have taken place so far," said Kim, who acknowledged that it would be difficult to adopt a new sanctions resolution at this time.