April 24, 2024
Economy
S. Korea to remove limit on payload of missiles
[THE INVESTOR] South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump agreed to remove the limit on the payload of missiles, the presidential office said on Sept. 5.
The agreement was reached in a telephone conversation between the two leaders held late on Sept 4.
“President Moon held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump between 10:45 p.m. and 11:25 p.m. and discussed countermeasures against North Korea’s sixth nuclear test in-depth,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun said in a press release.
As an “effective” countermeasure, the two agreed to remove the limit on the payload of South Korean missiles under the Korea-US missile guideline, he added.
The agreement followed weeks of discussions between defense and foreign officials of the two countries to increase the weight of South Korean missile payloads as a way of beefing up deterrence against North Korean provocations.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
The agreement was reached in a telephone conversation between the two leaders held late on Sept 4.
“President Moon held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump between 10:45 p.m. and 11:25 p.m. and discussed countermeasures against North Korea’s sixth nuclear test in-depth,” Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun said in a press release.
As an “effective” countermeasure, the two agreed to remove the limit on the payload of South Korean missiles under the Korea-US missile guideline, he added.
The agreement followed weeks of discussions between defense and foreign officials of the two countries to increase the weight of South Korean missile payloads as a way of beefing up deterrence against North Korean provocations.
By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)
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