South Korea warns North Korea do not test its patience

Record ID: 877093

  • Title: South Korea warns North Korea do not test its patience
  • Date: 14th May 2017
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MAY 14, 2017) (REUTERS) SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, CHO JUNE-HYUCK, WALKING INTO NEWS BRIEFING ROOM CHO SPEAKING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, CHO JUNE-HYUCK, SAYING: "(The government) strongly warns North Korea not to test our government and the will of the international society including the United States and China, who are trying to settle things peacefully and achieve the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES CHO SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, CHO JUNE-HYUCK, SAYING: "The government will not accept any of North Korea's provocations and will unwaveringly defend people's lives and national security on the basis of the solid alliance between the U.S. and South Korea." EXTERIOR OF SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL FLAG (LEFT) AND GOVERNMENT FLAG (RIGHT) SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT FLAG
  • Embargoed: 28th May 2017 04:42
  • Keywords: Foreign Ministry South Korea missile launch North Korea
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016GT7HAF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The South Korean government on Sunday (May 14) warned the North not to test the international community which is trying to settle issues peacefully and seeking to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
    Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck, speaking on behalf of the presidential office, said the government would not accept provocations and would defend lives and national security with the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea.
    Earlier in the day, President Moon Jae-in chaired his first National Security Council meeting in response to the missile test, and said he strongly condemned Pyongyang's latest provocation, which was made only days after the election of a new administration in the South.
    North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast that flew 700 kilometres (430 miles), South Korea's military said, days after a new leader took office in the South pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang.
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