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(18 Dec 2023)
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Seoul, South Korea - 18 December 2023
1. Various of South Korean Defence Ministry regular briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Officer:
"(Regarding Sunday's short-range missile launch) we have said the missile flew about 570 kilometers (354 miles). If you look at the distance, you would be able to figure out where the missile would've landed if North Korea fired towards the south. I think there are several opinions on why they fired it on an elevated angle."
3. Wide of Lee
4. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Sung Joon, South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Public Affairs Officer:
"The intelligence was closely shared between South Korea, the U.S and Japan. We are still preparing the real time sharing (between the three countries) and if necessary the real time sharing will begin on a certain date."
5. Pan of spokesperson Jeon Ha-gyu leaving
STORYLINE:
North Korea on Sunday fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea, South Korea said, in a possible display of defiance against the latest steps by Washington and Seoul to tighten their nuclear deterrence plans against North Korean threats.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Lee Sung Joon said the missile was fired from an area near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang at around 10:38 p.m. and flew 570 kilometers (354 miles) before landing in the sea.

The South Korean military said it was sharing the launch information with the United States and Japan to further analyze the details while maintaining readiness against the possibility of additional North Korean military activities. It criticized the launch as a “clear violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban North Korea from using ballistic technologies.

North Korea also fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea Monday in a resumption of its high-profile weapons testing activities.

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest in years, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accelerating the expansion of his nuclear and missile program, and flaunting an escalatory nuclear doctrine that authorizes the preemptive use of nuclear weapons.

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