South and North Korea showed conflict in an open arms race in violation of international law.
Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said, "North Korea's military demonstration clearly violates UN Security Council resolutions and violates international law," said Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong.
In an answer to the National Assembly on the 21st, Minister Jeong said, "North Korea's military demonstration clearly violates UN Security Council resolutions and violates international law."
A spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 21st, "We are very concerned about the unusual reaction of the United States to the exercise of the unique and legitimate right of self-defense by a sovereign state. It will never happen,” he told the Korean Central News Agency.
A spokesperson for the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “The test launch was not aimed at or conscious of the United States, but was already planned for pure national defense.
In response to the government's response to North Korea's test-launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on the 19th, Foreign Minister Jeong said, "The SLBM that our government has succeeded in has a far superior function than the SLBM launched by North Korea."
Minister Jeong announced at the National Assembly on the 21st that "North Korea's request to withdraw the double standard is unacceptable," and "We can discuss North Korea's claims at the inter-Korean military joint committee."
Reuters reported on the 21st that, in an interview with a spokesperson for the Ministry of Science and ICT, the government announced on the 21st that "the government will invest 3.7 trillion won to develop a Korean positioning system equipped with eight satellites," and that "this will affect the entire industry."
The BBC said, "Korea has announced that it plans to use the Nuri for launching satellites, but this test has been seen as part of South Korea's expansion in weapons development." "Ballistic missiles and rockets use similar technology. South Korea and North Korea fired submarine ballistic missiles (SLBMs) one after another,” reported the South Korean launch of the Nuri ship as an arms race between the two Koreas on the 21st.
Japan's Kyoto news agency reported on the 21st that "The launch of the Nuri took place at a time when there was tension in neighboring countries such as South Korea and Japan due to North Korea's missile test."
Bruce Bennett, a senior researcher at Land Corporation of the United States, said, “The reason North Korea is showing various missile capabilities recently is to respond to South Korea’s development of weapons. “North Korea is firing missiles one after another in order to continue the claim that the international community applies double standards to them,” he told Voice of America (VOA) on the 21st.