“The current security reality on the Korean peninsula is very serious,” said Kim Seong-han, head of the National Security Bureau.
In the report on the inspection work of the Presidential Office of the National Assembly Steering Committee, Director Kim reported a series of recent North Korean provocations, including multiple violent missile launches in September. Quoting this, he stated:
“The Security Bureau will strengthen the overwhelming combined ROK-US defense stance and South Korea-US-Japan security cooperation, bearing in mind that it clearly shows that North Korean provocations come at a cost and deepen the international isolation, “he said. .
“The ROK-US alliance was achieved by consolidating the ROK-US extended deterrence and combined defense position and expanding cooperation to the economic, industrial and technology sectors,” he said.
Kim Tae-hyo, Deputy Director of the Office of National Security, said, “We are promoting principled but harmonized inter-Korean relations with convenience and flexibility,” said Kim Tae-hyo, Deputy Director of the Office of National Security.
“We will take a bold initiative for a peaceful and prosperous non-nuclear Korean peninsula and make multi-faceted efforts to resolve humanitarian issues between the two Koreas,” he said. We will strengthen it, “she said.
