North Korea's nuclear representatives from South Korea and the US: "The possibility of a North Korean provocation is high, the Security Council will respond strongly"

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Today (18th), the chief representatives of North Korea and the United States sat down to discuss the North Korean issue.

He met again two weeks after meeting in Washington, USA, and made it clear that North Korea needs a decisive response.

Correspondent Kim Min-jung.

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Noh Kyu-deok, head of the Korean Peninsula Peace Relations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sung Kim, the US special representative for North Korea, shared the view that it is highly likely that North Korea will soon launch additional provocations that violate UN Security Council resolutions.

[Sung Kim/US State Department Special Representative for North Korea: The ROK and the United States discussed countermeasures against the possibility of North Korea's future provocations, such as nuclear tests.]

From today, the South Korea-U.S. joint exercise started and the domestic regime change was intertwined. It is believed that the possibility of high-intensity armed provocations such as experiments is high.

The two sides said that if further provocations become a reality, South Korea and the United States will cooperate and respond strongly through the UN Security Council.

[Sung Kim/US State Department Special Representative for North Korea: The ROK and the United States agreed that a strong response is necessary for North Korea's actions that undermine stability on the Korean Peninsula.

] etc.) In the event of a violation of Security Council resolutions, the ROK and the United States will take strong measures at the UN Security Council, etc., based on tight cooperation.]

Representative Sung Kim is also scheduled to meet with future government officials, including foreign minister candidate Park Jin, to continue discussing North Korea policy.

[Park Jin / Candidate for Minister of Foreign Affairs: I think that the Korean Peninsula Peace Process has revealed its limitations despite its purpose.

A policy of appeasement alone cannot stop North Korea's continued provocations.]

In the midst of this, North Korea has begun preparations for a large-scale military parade to be held on the 25th, the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

Military equipment such as tanks and mobile launch vehicles was caught gathering at Mirim Airfield in Pyongyang, and the South Korean military observed that up to 20,000 or more troops would be mobilized for the parade.

(Video coverage: Park Young-il, Video editing: Park Soo-seon)