Defense ministry rejects as ‚not true‘ claims that military induced N. Korea’s provocations

Defense Ministry Rejects As 'not True' Claims That Military Induced N

Loudspeakers for inter-Korean broadcasts operates from the Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 30, 2024. Korea Times photo by Lee Han-ho

Loudspeakers for inter-Korean broadcasts operates from the Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 30, 2024. Korea Instances photograph by Lee Han-ho

The protection ministry on Monday rejected allegations that its suspension of an inter-Korean navy pact and resumption of anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts have been geared toward inducing North Korea’s provocations forward of December’s martial regulation imposition.

The ministry’s response got here amid suspicions raised by the opposition bloc and a few media studies that the navy „deliberately“ took half in such actions to immediate North Korea to stage provocations in reference to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial regulation imposition on Dec. 3.

„Our navy has deterred North Korea’s provocations via a constant coverage towards North Korea whereas sustaining agency navy readiness,“ the ministry stated in an announcement.

„However some are linking such regular navy actions and measures with the martial regulation state of affairs … incurring safety considerations and discouraging our navy actions,“ it stated, calling out towards elevating such suspicions and vowing to intently cooperate with the martial regulation probe.

Particularly, the ministry once more dismissed views that the navy thought of staging artillery strikes in response to North Korea’s launch of trash-carrying balloons throughout the border final yr.

The navy „patiently“ responded by retrieving balloons that fell on the bottom with out firing them, emphasizing that the suspicions that it presumably ready for such artillery strikes are „not true,“ the ministry stated.

Equally, the Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) earlier rejected allegations that it despatched anti-Pyongyang leaflets to North Korea to immediate navy provocations when former Protection Minister Kim Yong-hyun was in workplace. Kim is indicted as a key determine behind Yoon’s botched martial regulation imposition.

The JCS has additionally denied suspicions that it tried to hide proof after allegedly flying drones over Pyongyang in October.

The navy has maintained its stance of not confirming the alleged drone infiltration regardless of the allegations, citing operational safety.

In June, the presidential Nationwide Safety Council determined to totally droop the 2018 inter-Korean rigidity discount pact till mutual belief is restored in response to North Korea’s large sending of trash-carrying balloons throughout the border.

The navy subsequently resumed the anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts, marking the primary anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts close to the closely fortified border since January 2016.

The North has violated the strain discount pact on greater than 4,000 events since unilaterally suspending the settlement in December 2023, in accordance with the ministry. (Yonhap)

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