North Korea has attempted to enter into an international conflict that has turned into a multipolar war in Ukraine by launching an ICBM at an altitude of 6,000 km.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 24th that the flight distance of the North Korean launch was about 1080 km and the highest altitude was 6200 km.
On the same day, Minister of Defense Oniki of Japan said, "The ballistic missile flew for about 71 minutes, and it was estimated that the missile would fall outside the Sea of Japan (Sea of Japan) 150 km west of Oshima Peninsula in Hokkaido around 3:44 pm and outside Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)." It is estimated that 1,100 km and a maximum altitude of 6,000 km or more.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India on the 25th after the Islamic Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pakistan to hold a foreign ministers' meeting, Reuters reported on the 23rd.
Reuters reported on the 15th that China and India attempted to cooperate in the Ukrainian war after a border military clash in June 2020, and India attempted to negotiate a trade in crude oil, food, raw materials and arms with Russia in bilateral currencies (rubles and rupees).
Belarus, which is expected to enter the war as Russia's ally, is considering negotiations to sell fertilizer at the lowest price to India.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in the House of Representatives on the 8th that the US ban on imports of Russian oil and gas was "virtually impossible" and that "a boycott of Russian oil and gas would cause serious consequences for Germany and other European countries' economies and societies." , "There are divisions within NATO over measures to control Russia's escalating conflict," the Washington Post reported on the 23rd.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida agreed to the exclusion of 'Russia condemnation' in a joint statement at the summit meeting on the 19th of his visit to India, and Indian Prime Minister Modi said, "The basis of bilateral relations between India and Japan is a partnership for progress and prosperity around the world, in the Indo-Pacific region." Indo-Pacific Progress and Prosperity.”
And Japan expanded its investment in India.
President Yoon Seok-yeol of the Transition Committee said on the same day, "This ballistic missile launch is a major provocation that threatens our security by violating UN Security Council resolutions head-on, breaking the moratorium that North Korea promised in 2018. We strongly condemn these provocative acts that threaten peace in Northeast Asia, including the Korean Peninsula, and the world.”
During the election campaign, President-elect Yoon announced that he would “promote long-term membership in the four US-led countries (Japan, Australia, India) quad.”
Jeong Seong-jang, head of the North Korea Center at the Sejong Institute, said, “The fourth ICBM launched by North Korea this time rose about 1,700 km higher than the third Hwasong-15 in 2017, flew 120 km further, and the ‘Hwasong-17’, which was not test-fired in the 2020 model release. 'It is estimated that it is an ICBM or an improved version of the 'Hwasong-15'. evaluation,” he said.
President Moon Jae-in said at the National Security Council (NSC) on the same day that he "self abolished the suspension of intercontinental ballistic missile launches promised by Chairman Kim Jong-un to the international community."
In response to the North Korean launch around 4 p.m. on the same day, the Joint Chiefs of Staff responded in the East Sea with one Hyunmoo-II surface-to-surface missile, a short-range tactical short-range surface-to-surface missile, ATACMS, and one Haesong-II surface-to-surface missile in the East Sea. "We have confirmed that our military has the capability and readiness to precisely strike the origin and command and support facilities at any time during a North Korean missile launch," he said. .