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North Korea launches missiles on US midterm election day. Kim Yo Jong also indicated that talks are possible but not limited to, and strongly denied the United States’ accusation of blaming North Korea for the currency hack.
south korea Contract Staff Headquarters (Joint Staff) said on the 4th that,north korea (referred to as North Korea) launched several missiles into the Sea of Japan on the morning of the same day. Due to the time difference, there were America’s mid-term elections that day. North Korea’s state media KCNA published a report on North Korean leaders on the 4thkim jong un A speech by Kim Yo-jong, younger sister and Minister of General Affairs of the North Korean Communist Party “The Korean Workers’ Party”. He noted that the options for maintaining peace undoubtedly include dialogue.
Kim Yo Jong said that options to maintain peace also include dialogue. But for North Korea, this cannot be compared with national interests. Kim Yo-jong’s words were interpreted to mean that North Korea would leave room for future dialogue with the United States, but would not stick to the path of dialogue alone, Yonhap news agency reported.
Kim Yo Jong also said that North Korea does not regard the recent cyber attack on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange “Binance” as an incident or an incident, but as a continuation of the United States’ long-term policy of promoting hostility toward North Korea. North Korea has repeatedly stated that the United States’ abandonment of its hostile policy toward North Korea is the prerequisite and “golden key” for the solution of all problems. Therefore, regarding the Binance incident, the United States is clearly going in the opposite direction this time.
Kim Yo Jong stressed that North Korea believes there is no need to sit down and talk with a people who are untrustworthy and hostile and should use new means to counter the new hostile policies of the United States.
In connection with Binance’s record-breaking loss of approximately US$6.3 billion in crypto-asset theft, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) determined on October 31 that the culprits were North Korean hackers. North Korea denied this and considered the US accusation a political provocation, which could be harmful to the development of North Korea-US relations.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff also said that several missiles were launched from the Juandeok area of North Korea’s North Hamgyong province toward the Sea of Japan; South Korea and the United States have closely monitored these missiles since the launch preparation phase, and have detected and tracked them shortly after launch; The flight range is less than 300 kilometers, and they cannot be dismissed as short-range ballistic missiles (CRBMs).
If it is confirmed to be a ballistic missile, then North Korea will launch another missile after four days. North Korea’s missile administration launched a tactical ballistic missile “dispersion warhead” (cluster bomb warhead) on October 31. That is, when the missile explodes in the air, the multiple bombs within it will scatter in all directions, increasing the extent of damage.
North Korea also test-fired a dozen 600-centimeter “Very Large Multiple Rocket Launchers” (KN-25) on October 29.
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South Korea’s Joint Security Council reported that North Korea launched several missiles from the Seondeok area of North Hamgyong Province towards the Sea of Japan on the morning of the 4th, with a flight distance of less than 300 kilometers. The United States and South Korea continued to monitor the launch since the preparation phase and continued detection and tracking immediately after launch.
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Kim Yo Jong said that the option to maintain peace certainly includes negotiations, but for North Korea, negotiations cannot be compared with national interests. The outside world interprets this as North Korea maintaining space for dialogue with the United States, but not considering dialogue as the only or necessary path.
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North Korea has denied involvement and regarded the FBI’s accusation of North Korea stealing $6.3 billion of Binance’s cryptocurrency as a political provocation. Kim Yo Jong said that this was a continuation of the hostile policy of the United States, and there was no need to let an untrustworthy and hostile party sit down for negotiations.
