(VOVWORLD) - South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said that their top nuclear envoy held phone talks Friday with their Japanese counterpart to share the assessment of North Korea's latest missile test, and agreed to continue efforts to resume dialogue.
 Supersonic missile Hwasong-8 is launched from Toyang-ri, Ryongrim, Jagang province, North Korea, September 29, 2021. (Illustrative photo: AFP/VNA) |
Noh Kyu-duk, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, discussed the issue after the North fired what it claimed to be a hypersonic missile into the East Sea on Wednesday.
They shared their assessments related to North Korea's recent ballistic missile launch and agreed to continue efforts for the stable management of the security situation on the Korean Peninsula and to resume talks with North Korea.
North Korea’s KCNA reported Thursday that Pyongyang successfully tested a supersonic missile and it was the second test launch after last September’s launch.