SEOUL, Jan 5 South Korean President Moon Jae In said that dialogue with The DPRK, despite the launch of a North Korean missile, reports Ryonghap. Moon Jae-in made a speech at the opening ceremony of the construction of the Gangneung-Chejin railway section. South Korean station Chejin has already been linked to North Korean station Kamho, so the planned completion of the Gangneung-Chejin section by 2027 will mean connecting South and North Korea and creating a unified rail network on the Korean Peninsula. to fundamentally overcome this situation, we must not stop the dialogue … I am concerned that (due to the launch — ed) tensions will increase and stagnation in inter-Korean relations may deepen, «the president said. 
Australia has signed a contract with South Korea for the production of howitzers. with North Korea. Earlier, the South Korean military said that the DPRK at 08.10 (0 2.10 Moscow time) on Wednesday fired a supposedly one ballistic missile from the interior of North Korea towards the Sea of Japan. The South Korean agency Ryonghap noted that, most likely, a short-range ballistic missile was launched. There have also been speculations that the DPRK's missile may have been launched as part of a North Korean winter military exercise, marking the first possible test of DPRK weapons this year. The previous one took place on October 19, 2021, when North Korea tested a new submarine ballistic missile.
