Ruling and opposition parties condemn North Korea's ballistic missile launch

As North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea on the morning of the 3rd, both the ruling and opposition parties condemned it as a military provocation. Shin Hyunyoung, spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea, said North Korea is threatening the safety of South Korean soldiers and raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and called for the immediate halt of remarks related to the landmine explosion and military threats. The Democratic Party explained that it had also proposed a resolution condemning North Korea's landmine explosion accident as a party bill the previous day. People Power Party spokesperson Jo Yongsul criticized the government for failing to come up with an adequate response to North Korea's repeated missile launches. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected one ballistic missile launched from the Wonsan area of North Korea at around 6:30 a.m. that day, and that the flight distance was more than 700 kilometers, with South Korea and the United States analyzing the exact specifications.