South’s Moon warns of ‘crisis’ if N Korea restarts ICBM tests
South Korea's leader warned yesterday that the peninsula could slide back into a "state of crisis" if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles. Pyongyang conducted an unprecedented seven weapons tests in January, including of its most powerful missile since 2017 when leader Kim Jong Un baited then-US president Donald Trump with a spate of provocative launches. President Moon Jae-in said that any move by North Korea to restart long-range missile tests would wipe out years of effort and peace talks. "If North Korea's series of missile launches goes as far as scrapping a moratorium on long-range missile tests, the Korean Peninsula may instantly fall back into the state of crisis we faced five years ago," he said.
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