2024.06.24. The Fair Economy — The Kim Jeong-eun-led North Korean regime received a stern warning from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) after it engaged in GPS jamming that threatened the operational safety of civil aircraft.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 24th that at the 232nd session of the ICAO Council held in Montreal, Canada, from the 10th to the 21st, the council adopted a decision expressing serious concern over North Korea's GPS jamming raised by South Korea and urging the prevention of recurrence.
The council also decided to notify North Korea of this decision through a letter signed by the ICAO Council president.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a UN specialized agency established under the Chicago Convention, adopted in December 1944 to promote the safety and development of international civil aviation. Its council is composed of 36 major aviation powers elected by the assembly and holds substantive authority over the regulation of international civil aviation, including policy implementation and operations, the adoption and amendment of convention annexes, and dispute resolution.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is the first time ICAO, the UN specialized agency dedicated to promoting the safety and development of international civil aviation, has explicitly identified North Korea as the perpetrator of GPS signal jamming. This can be seen as a stern warning to North Korea, which has acted as if it were uninvolved in GPS signal jamming.
The decision includes: ▲expressing serious concern over GPS jamming originating from North Korea ▲strongly urging North Korea to strictly comply with existing Council decisions and the Chicago Convention ▲demanding guarantees to prevent recurrence.
In 2012 and 2016, the ICAO Council also adopted decisions expressing concern over North Korea’s GPS signal jamming following South Korea’s active raising of the issue, but did not explicitly state that North Korea was the perpetrator.
The decision text was adopted on the 21st and is scheduled to be made public after being translated into ICAO's six official languages.
South Korea formally raised the issue with ICAO after 500 civil aircraft from 20 countries and regions were affected by North Korea’s GPS signal jamming from May 29 to June 2.
In particular, it expressed serious concern that this act, despite the Council decisions of 2012 and 2016, repeatedly threatens international civil aviation safety and urged ICAO to take action.
To this end, South Korea actively explained its position to multiple council members through its Permanent Mission to ICAO. Separately, it dispatched experts from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute directly to the council to explain the objectivity and scientific nature of its investigation results.
The inclusion of North Korea in the ICAO Council decision on GPS jamming is seen not only as delivering a strong message to North Korea at the ICAO level but also as demonstrating the international community's united response to the danger of North Korea's actions in terms of aviation safety.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "We will continue to closely monitor North Korea's actions and make continuous efforts to ensure that stern and united measures are taken in cooperation with the international community against provocations such as GPS jamming."
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