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| President Moon Jae-in / Yonhap |
President Moon Jae-in called for North Korea to make efforts for dialogue in a more earnest manner Wednesday,
after Pyongyang launched a suspected ballistic missile into the sea in its first show of force this year.
"This morning, North Korea test-fired an unidentified short-range projectile," Moon told a groundbreaking ceremony for a railway at an inter-Korean border town. "Because of this, there are concerns that tensions could rise and the stalemate in inter-Korean relations could further deepen."
North Korea launches apparent ballistic missile toward East Sea: JCS 2022-01-05 08:50 | North Korea
But in order to fundamentally overcome this situation, Moon said the South should not give up on dialogue.
"North Korea also should make efforts in a more earnest manner," Moon said.
South Korea's military said North Korea fired what is presumed to be a ballistic missile toward the East Sea earlier in the day.
It marks the North's first launch since the regime fired off a new submarine-launched ballistic missile in October last year. (Yonhap)
