South Korea’s military has bolstered its surveillance in case there are additional weapons launches, and South Korean and U.S. authorities are analyzing the details. South Korea said in a statement it’s “very concerned” about North Korea’s weapons launches, calling them a violation of last year’s inter-Korean agreements to reduce animosities between the countries. North Korea wants widespread sanctions relief in return for disarmament moves that the U.S. has rejected as insufficient. “North Korea wants to say, ‘We have missiles and nuclear weapons to cope with (U.S.-led) sanctions,”‘ said Nam. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha talked by phone with Pompeo about the North Korean launches, Kang’s ministry said in a statement.

Source: National Post May 04, 2019 01:17 UTC