“North Korea’s military activity has increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and become a grave and imminent threat not only to Japan but also to the security in the region and the worldwide society”, the report said.
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This incidents comes only days after after South Korean police accused North Korea of stealing the personal data of over 10 million customers at Interpark, a South Korean online shopping center.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday from its western region into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said.
The ballistic missile launched early on Wednesday by North Korea, preliminarily a medium-range “Nodon” missile, plunged in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said.
Some opposition lawmakers have raised more general concerns out of concern that THAAD will upset China and suit the United States more than South Korea, where close to 30,000 American troops are stationed.
“Where is there any fool to believe the claim that the THAAD radar targets North Korea (DPRK) alone?”
North Korea called the system a provocation that it says is only aimed at bolstering US military hegemony in the region.
The South’s ruling party also backed its president over the upcoming deployment, which is to be funded by the U.S.in any case. It is an explicit failure of foreign policy under the Park Geun-hye government, he said.
It said the upcoming DX Korea fair will promote South Korean arms prowess to the world, which can lead to future contracts.
South Korean Olympic cyclist Kim Ok-cheol suffered scratches and grazes after being knocked off his bike while training ahead of the Rio Games on Tuesday.
There have been reports of South Korean cosmetics products failing quality tests in China. “The government didn’t consider the worsening of (South) Korea-China relations (in its THAAD deployment decision)”, Jeong said.
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North Korea has not reported the defection.
