WEBVTT - Jon Herskovitz on North Korean Missile (Audio)s

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<v Speaker 1>North Korea does have a habit of timing it's provocations

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<v Speaker 1>to political events, and as you mentioned, they did fire

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<v Speaker 1>a short range ballistic missile. The launch on Sunday the

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<v Speaker 1>first since the shooting of its single day record of

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<v Speaker 1>eight at the start of June. Joining US as John

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<v Speaker 1>huskevitt S, Bloomberg East Asia Government Editor tell us, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess the significance of this, John Well, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>we're in North Korea signally that it's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>returning to provocations. They've been on a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>hiatus for a few months. They battled flooding typhoons, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're looking to it looks like they're looking to resume

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<v Speaker 1>tests of missiles. They could be preparing for a test

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<v Speaker 1>of a submarine launched ballistic missile. There's some satellite images

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<v Speaker 1>that show activity near submarine center and for months North

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<v Speaker 1>Korea has been preparing it's a nuclear test site. The US, Japan,

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<v Speaker 1>South Korea all say that they see a nuclear test

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<v Speaker 1>in the works, and we could be seeing that coming

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<v Speaker 1>soon as soon as well as well. And is what's

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<v Speaker 1>happening in Russia? The war in Ukraine? Is that providing

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<v Speaker 1>somewhat of an opening here for Pyongyang to to ramp

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<v Speaker 1>up it's testing very much though, UM the the with

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<v Speaker 1>the U S attention occupied with Russia's war in Ukraine

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<v Speaker 1>North Korea season opening, and they also have some cover

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<v Speaker 1>at the U N Security Council, which would be responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for hitting North Korea with sanctions for additional testing, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons. UM In may Russia

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<v Speaker 1>and China sider with North Korea when it came to

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<v Speaker 1>a vote on sanctions, and if there was another test coming,

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<v Speaker 1>we probably wouldn't see either North Korea or Russia joining

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<v Speaker 1>the US. In UH joining the US and imposing greater

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<v Speaker 1>sanctions in North Korea. They could use their veto power

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<v Speaker 1>to keep the pressure on Kim Jong relatively light as

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<v Speaker 1>the Russia is battling the US in terms of politics

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<v Speaker 1>with the war in Ukraine. Yeah, so always the threat

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<v Speaker 1>of more sanctions. What though, has been the initial reaction

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<v Speaker 1>that we've seen from the US and the Indo Pacific Command.

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<v Speaker 1>The end of Pacific Command has given a statement which

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<v Speaker 1>is very similar to the statements is given for all

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<v Speaker 1>of North Korea's missile tests over the past few years.

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<v Speaker 1>They say that it's um it's it clear. They say

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a great concern and it has a destabilizing

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<v Speaker 1>impact on the region. Um. This is the type of

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<v Speaker 1>response have been given that they've given for a number

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<v Speaker 1>of the tests. But this test also comes as the

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<v Speaker 1>US aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan Group is in the

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<v Speaker 1>South Korean port of Poussan for drills center likely to

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<v Speaker 1>start in a few days. UM. It will be the

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<v Speaker 1>first time this carrier group has had drules in five years.

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<v Speaker 1>With South Korea and North Korea really bristles at these

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<v Speaker 1>joint military activities for years. They've called him a prelude

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<v Speaker 1>to an innovasion in nuclear war, and they like to

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<v Speaker 1>show their dissatisfaction with what's going on. So this also

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<v Speaker 1>may be a factor for the missile launch over the weekend. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>in deed, and I guess we have to wonder what

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<v Speaker 1>is next because Yon Hop the South Korea news agency

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<v Speaker 1>reporting that South Korea's military has spotted some activities in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of some submarine launched missiles too. Yeah, those would

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<v Speaker 1>be a little bit of an escalation of what has

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<v Speaker 1>been going on. So will was launched over the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>was a short range ballistic missile, the sub rein launched

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<v Speaker 1>ballistic missiles UM are two stage missiles for the most part,

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<v Speaker 1>so they have a greater range than North Korea has

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<v Speaker 1>various types of missiles, but the ones that they're looking

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<v Speaker 1>to test and they've shown a military rage is something

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<v Speaker 1>called the pool guok Song. This is UM, a two

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<v Speaker 1>stage rocket. It's designed to be deployed quickly. It can

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<v Speaker 1>be shot off of the submarine, it can be shot

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<v Speaker 1>from land, and the range is long enough to hit

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<v Speaker 1>Japan and also perhaps US military basis in Guam. Alright,

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<v Speaker 1>and more gio political tensions ahead, John, Thank you. John

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<v Speaker 1>Hosgwitz is Bloomberg East Asia Government editor with us from Tokyo.