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I'm going to turn the mic over to you and you're welcome to get started Thank you so much for joining us Thank you Good afternoon everyone It is my great honor to present the Republic of Korea's view on space threats at the fifth summit for space sustainability Let me start by briefly over viewing the Republic of Korea's space activities and plans As an emerging space-faring nation Korea began its development of satellites in the mid 1990s and is increasing its range of space development programs from satellites to space exploration With a 30-year history of space development Korea now operates various satellites ranging from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit Last year we successfully launched our homegrown space launch vehicle and Became the 7th country to explore the moon with the launch of Korea passfinder lunar orbiter Based on recent technological achievements The Republic of Korea aims to continue space exploration and advance its space industry to drive robust economic growths our ambitious space goals as well as our focus on promoting the participation and engagement of the private sector in space activities are well illustrated in the space economy roadmap and force basic plan for space development promotion for 2023 to 2027 announced last year. I Would also like to highlight that the fourth base plan which serves as a comprehensive strategy document for Korea's space activities Highlights Korea's capabilities to protect its space system as one of the five key objectives This is the first time that this aspect has been reflected in our strategy document As the Republic of Korea's space development program progresses and its exploration activities expand It fully recognizes the immeasurable importance of maintaining a safe secure and Sustainable space development environment For us this principles of safety security and Sustainability are not merely rhetorical aspirations, but realities as they are for every space actors This explains our national position towards destructive direct ascent and ties out like missile testing We believe that such testing itself is a direct threat to space assets And the long-lived space debris created during the testing Poses a great risk and threat to space safety security and sustainability This is why we expressed our concern regarding the asset missile testing in November 2021 and welcome the US decision not to conduct destructive the asset missile testing in April 2022 Now I would like to go into further details of the Republic of Korea's decision To join the commitment following the US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Germany Since the announcement from the US in April 2022 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Convinced several interagency meetings to discuss our national position on joining the commitment We examined how this will affect our and our adversaries capabilities and behaviors As you all know the Republic of Korea has never conducted such testing Yet we cannot exclude the possibility of being the victim of such testing We also considered our real need to protect our space assets and activities We also looked at the voluntary nature of this commitment and how this will affect the shaping of global norms Korea's firm position towards a safe secure and sustainable space environment and our aspiration to develop norms of Responsible behavior in outer space facilitated the process The Republic of Korea was one of the main sponsors of the United Nations General Assembly resolution On reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviors in 2020 and 2021 And actively participated in the open-ended working group This experience has helped the relevant ministries form a common understanding of the dire necessity of developing space norms Ultimately we reached a whole of government common understanding The destructive DA asset missile testing is One of the most evident and urgent threats to our space assets and activities It can have an impact on any asset of any country for long periods of time as highlighted by multiple previous speakers Korea believed that it is in our national interest to develop norms on destructive DA asset missile testing To clarify that such behavior will not be deemed acceptable within the international community Following this logic the Republic of Korea joined the commitment in October 2022 and sponsored the United Nations Resolution to call on other states to join the commitment We are pleased to see that this resolution received huge support from the international community with 165 states among 177 present voting for the resolution We understand that other states which voted for the resolution but have not yet joined the commitment Need some time to thoroughly review the domestic effect of this commitment In this regard Korea is also making efforts to raise awareness of the danger and risks posed by asset testing Including sponsoring the secure world foundation to develop an infographic dedicated to asset activities and their impact on space sustainability We invite all states to join this commitment and safeguard our future together The Republic of Korea firmly believes that the growth in the number of states supporting and Subscribing to this commitment will positively impact the safety security and sustainability of the space environment and The benefits will affect every state regardless of whether it is space-faring or not Once again, we encourage other states to join us before it's too late. Thank you Thank you so much Hyren for that call to action for governments and other entities around the world the infallible logic that was used by the Republic of Korea to Create this policy and enforce it with for themselves and their perspective on how it makes everyone in the world safer is something That we had secure world could not agree more with so thank you again very much you