Moon warns of sliding back into a state of crisis

February 10, 2022 10:23 pm | Updated 10:23 pm IST - Seoul

South Korean President Moon Jae-in. File

South Korean President Moon Jae-in. File

South Korea’s leader warned on Thursday the peninsula could slide back into a “state of crisis” if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles.

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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