South Korea, US, and Japan Urge North Korea to Halt Provocations After Ballistic Missile Launch

Missile Launched into the East Sea
Trilateral Phone Consultation Among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan

In response to North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile into the East Sea on August 12, the foreign affairs authorities of South Korea, the United States, and Japan reportedly held a phone consultation urging North Korea to halt its provocative actions.

According to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baek Yongjin, Director-General for Korean Peninsula Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea; David Wilezol, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan and Korea in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Takashi Ariyoshi, Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a telephone consultation following North Korea’s ballistic missile launch. They reaffirmed that North Korea’s ballistic missile launch is a violation of relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.

In addition, they called on North Korea to cease actions that threaten regional and international peace and security.

Patriot missiles have been deployed at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on the 12th, as North Korea launched ballistic missiles into the East Sea ahead of the South Korea-US joint exercise 'Ulchi Freedom Shield' (UFS). Photo by Yonhap News

The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that at approximately 6:00 a.m. on August 12, a ballistic missile was detected being launched from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea. North Korea appears to have resumed ballistic missile launches six days after the last one, ahead of the South Korea-U.S. joint exercise "Ulchi Freedom Shield" (UFS). This is the 11th ballistic missile launch by North Korea so far this year.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense stated that the missile reached a maximum altitude of about 90 kilometers and flew approximately 690 kilometers before falling outside of Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

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