North Korea fired another bomb this morning, and the Japanese and South Korean militaries issued messages to remind the public to pay attention.

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[Reporter Lu Yixuan/Taipei Report] North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sucheon area of ​​South Pyongan Province towards the Sea of ​​Japan at around 5:59 and 6:10 am Taiwan time today (20th), raising the area again. tense situation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again expressed its solemn condemnation today, criticizing North Korea for ignoring the ban of the United Nations Security Council and wantonly testing missiles, undermining regional peace and stability.

With regard to North Korea's multiple missile tests, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country has coordinated with South Korea, Japan and the United States and condemned them many times.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that since 2022, North Korea has frequently tested various types of 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.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Taiwan and South Korea are both members of the Indo-Pacific democratic camp, 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 last year, South Korea, the United States, Japan and many countries with similar ideas were highly concerned about this military threat.

In the "Indo-Pacific Strategy for Freedom, Peace, and Prosperity" released by South Korea in December last year, it also reiterated the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and opposed one-sided use of force to change the status quo. Prosperity connectedness.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated 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 jointly 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.