Wednesday’s test-firing is believed to be aimed at hindering the foreign ministers’ meeting among Japan, China and South Korea held on the same day in Tokyo, as well as a joint drill by US and South Korean forces that kicked off Monday.
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The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea put aside frictions over territorial disputes and wartime history to sharply criticize North Korea’s latest submarine missile test on Wednesday in a rare display of unity.
“From its repeated tests of SLBM launches, the North has improved its SLMB technology as well as its stability in execution”, continued Lee.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon found the launch “deeply troubling”, and urged North Korea to de-escalate the situation and return to talks on denuclearization, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday’s missile breached his country’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and condemned what he called an “unforgivable, reckless act” and a grave threat to Japan’s security.
The July 9 launch ended in failure as the missile exploded at an altitude of 10 kilometers shortly after launch.
The test launch comes just 2 days after the US and South Korea began a joint military exercise.
Seoul and Washington insist such joint exercises are purely defensive in nature, but Pyongyang views them as willfully provocative.
North Korea has conducted four nuclear tests to date – its most recent claimed to have used a hydrogen bomb – but despite its claims, it is not yet believed to have the ability to mount a nuclear device onto a warhead.
The Ulchi Freedom drill plays out a scenario of full-scale invasion by the nuclear-armed North.
While Seoul sees the North’s latest SLBM launch as a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions, it remains to be seen whether members of the Security Council will adopt a statement condemning the launch considering China’s current attitude.
Wang said the three neighbors, despite problems and difficulties among them, should work together to deal with regional threats like North Korea’s missile and nuclear ambitions.
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In a letter to the council president, North Korean Ambassador to the UN Ja Song-nam accused the two allies of “creating the danger of war”, with the annual exercise, according to AP.
