South Korea’s Defence Ministry sees the North’s missile launch as pressure on Moon administration

Record ID: 877212

  • Title: South Korea’s Defence Ministry sees the North’s missile launch as pressure on Moon administration
  • Date: 29th May 2017
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (MAY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) SOUTH KOREA'S DEFENCE MINISTRY NEWS BRIEFING IN PROGRESS JOURNALISTS AT NEWS BRIEFING CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF (JCS), ROH JAE-CHEON, WALKING TOWARD PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF (JCS), ROH JAE-CHEON, SAYING: "The unidentified ballistic missile assumed a Scud-class missile was fired toward its east coast. We are analyzing how many missiles were fired, but it seems to be one missile has been launched." JOURNALISTS AT NEWS BRIEFING (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) CHIEF OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF (JCS), ROH JAE-CHEON, SAYING: "(North Korea's missile launch) is seen as an attempt to apply pressure on South Korea to change policy against the North."
  • Embargoed: 12th June 2017 03:41
  • Keywords: Moon Jae-in President Scud-class missile launch North Korea Defence Ministry South Korea
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Defence,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016IW52KN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: North Korea's recent string of missile launches is seen as an attempt to apply pressure on South Korea to change policy, The South Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) official said, on Monday (May 29) after Pyongyang fired a short-range ballistic missile.
    The Scud-class missile fired by North Korea reached an altitude of 120 km (75 miles), the JCS official told a briefing. He said South Korea's military was analyzing how many missiles were fired, indicating that more than one may have been launched.
    Monday's launch follows two successful tests of medium to long range missiles in as many weeks by Pyongyang, which has been conducting such tests at an unprecedented pace in an effort to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of hitting the mainland United States.
    It is the third test-launch since South Korea's liberal President Moon Jae-in took office on May 10 pledging to engage the reclusive state in dialogue. Moon says sanctions alone have failed to resolve the growing threat from the North's advancing nuclear and missile programme.
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