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North Korea resumed armed protests one day before the founding day of the Labor Party.

In the deep night, just past midnight, two short-range missiles were fired.

The government has convened an emergency meeting and strongly condemned it and is preparing for further provocations.



First of all, this is reporter Kim A-young.



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Today (9th) between 0:48 and 1:58 a.m., two short-range ballistic missiles were fired from the Muncheon area north of Wonsan, Gangwon-do.



The missile reached an altitude of 90 km at a speed of Mach 5 and flew 350 km, detected by South Korean and US military authorities.



The military is weighing on the possibility of firing a super-large multiple rocket launcher, which is classified as short-range in terms of altitude and range.



North Korea's resumption of armed protests is the first provocation in three days and a day after a Defense Ministry spokesperson downplayed the ROK-U.S. joint exercise in which the Reagan Carrier Group participated as a military bluff.



Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, a major political event in North Korea, and the South Korean and American authorities are not ruling out the possibility of further provocations.



The National Security Office held a NSC Standing Committee chaired by Kim Seong-han, head of the National Security Office, and strongly condemned North Korea's successive launches of medium- and short-range ballistic missiles.



In particular, he emphasized that the deterrence against North Korea will be further strengthened through the ROK-US joint exercises including the deployment of US strategic assets and security cooperation between the US and Japan.



[Kim Eun-hye / Senior Public Relations at the President's Office: Extended deterrence between South Korea and the United States can not only respond to all forms of North Korea's provocations, but also suppress the will itself in advance.] The



chief representatives of North Korea's nuclear weapons, the United States, South Korea and Japan also spoke on the phone and made a single voice.



On the 7th, ICAO, the international civil aviation organization, adopted a resolution condemning North Korea's recent missile launch, and the representatives of South Korea, US and Japan evaluated it as the will of the international community not to condone North Korea's actions.



(Video coverage: Joo Beom, Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)