North Korea has launched missiles frequently this year, and my country, the US, Japan and South Korea have condemned them.

The picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his second daughter Kim Joo-ae inspecting the army.

(Reuters file photo)

[Reporter Yang Chengyu/Taipei Report] North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) from the Zhonghe County area of ​​North Yellow Sea Province into the Sea of ​​Japan at around 7:11 a.m. Taiwan time on the 31st, raising regional tensions again.

The governments of the United States, Japan and South Korea have strongly condemned North Korea's provocative actions.

Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs also severely condemns it.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that since January this year, North Korea has frequently test-fired various intercontinental, medium, and short-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, while preparing for the resumption of nuclear test explosions, raising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again expresses its solemn condemnation of North Korea's behavior of disregarding the prohibition of the United Nations Security Council, wantonly testing missiles, and undermining regional peace and stability.

The South Korean Representative Office in Taiwan has repeatedly expressed its affirmation and gratitude to the Chinese government for its high concern about the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Taiwan and South Korea are both important members of the Indo-Pacific community, and they also face the threat of force from the communist dictatorship.

When China conducted a large-scale live-fire military exercise around Taiwan in August this year, undermining the peace of the Taiwan Strait and threatening the freedom of international sea and air navigation, South Korea, the United States, Japan, ASEAN and many other countries with similar ideas expressed high concern about China's military threats , and repeatedly emphasized the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait to regional security and prosperity.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also mentioned that the "Indo-Pacific Strategy for Freedom, Peace, and Prosperity" released by the South Korean government on the 28th of this month also reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, opposed unilateral use of force to change the status quo in the region, and emphasized peace in the Taiwan Strait Stability is linked to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that my country will continue to pay attention to North Korea's various acts of military intimidation and provocation, and cooperate with like-minded countries to promote peace, prosperity and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, curb the expansion and aggression of authoritarianism, and maintain the rules-based international order. As well as freedom, openness, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.