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In the midst of this, President Yun Seok-yeol held a security meeting in a private plane just before heading home and ordered immediate response in case of North Korean provocations.

This is because the trend of preparations for launching a submarine-launched ballistic missile SLBM has been detected.



This news is by Bae Jun-woo.



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At 5:20 pm local time in Canada yesterday (23rd), President Yoon Seok-yeol presided over a security situation inspection meeting just before takeoff.



Foreign Minister Park Jin and National Security Director Kim Seong-han were in attendance and were informed of signs of a SLBM provocation.



The president's office preemptively disclosed the contents of the meeting, which is unusual.



The military authorities do not believe that the possibility of a provocation such as the launch of an SLBM within the next few days is high, but they are closely monitoring more specific trends such as the movement of troops and the movement related to missile loading.



If North Korea carries out a SLBM provocation, it is highly likely to be a reaction against the deployment of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Reagan on the Korean Peninsula and the joint South Korea-US joint naval exercise scheduled for next week.



Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop visited the Reagan today and checked the operational posture of the carrier group.



[Shin Jong-woo / Expert Research Fellow, National Defense Security Forum: We have to be careful, but as the large-scale joint naval exercise of the ROK and the US Navy is scheduled next week, the test launch schedule has been advanced and the character of armed protests…

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President Yoon instructed Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop to immediately implement countermeasures prepared in advance if North Korea actually launches an SLBM.



Earlier on the 21st, 38 North, a US media specializing in North Korea, said, "Six ships and barges were caught near the North Korean shipyard in Sinpo.



This means that there is a possibility that North Korea will launch a newly developed submarine.



The Sinpo area in South Hamgyong Province is a key hub for North Korean submarine development, equipped with SLBM production and development and testing facilities.



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon, CG: Ryu Sang-soo)