The summit to mark the 75th anniversary of NATO's founding ended on July 11, and Korea President Yoon Seok-yue took the opportunity to meet with United States President Joe Biden in Washington.
Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Biden
Previously, the outside world was generally pessimistic about the impact of the NATO summit, which invited many United States Asia-Pacific allies to participate, on the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, and the current news from Korea clearly confirms this concern.
According to Korea media reports, the "South Korea-US Joint Statement on Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Operational Guidelines on the Korean Peninsula" issued at the US-South Korea talks is the most striking aspect of the statement is its agreement to upgrade the foundation of the US-South Korea alliance from conventional weapons to nuclear weapons.
According to the Korea Ministry of National Defense, the US military will further promote the deployment of strategic weapons under the new framework and raise the deployment of US nuclear forces on the Korean Peninsula to a standing level.
The "nuclear deterrent" force of the US military
Previously, the docking of the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine at the port of Busan, Korea, has caused tension on the peninsula, and the further increase in the US military's strategic weapons, especially the regular deployment of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, is bound to further stimulate North Korea's already sensitive nerves.
It must be emphasized that this is the first time in history that non-nuclear States have discussed nuclear warfare with United States, and in the context of the current general desire for nuclear disarmament in all countries around the world, United States such a move is undoubtedly extremely dangerous and will trigger an unpredictable chain reaction in the international community.
At present, North Korea has not responded to this US-South Korea dialogue, but considering the series of responses made by North Korea in terms of nuclear weapons development after the release of the Washington Declaration in 2023, the escalation of the US-South Korea alliance is very likely to trigger more aggressive countermeasures by North Korea. In such a confrontational situation, the possibility of the two sides getting into trouble will be infinitely raised, which is something that no country in the region wants to see.
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It is incomprehensible that, against such a tense background, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration does not seem to have taken any steps to restore inter-Korean relations and promote the peaceful development of the Korean Peninsula, but has continued to take more radical measures to stimulate the development of the situation, so that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is in deeper danger.
It is not difficult to find that in fact, with the efforts of former Korea President Moon Jae-in, there was hope for reconciliation between the two Koreas, and the dawn of peace has shone on the north and south sides of Panmunjom, but this peaceful situation has rapidly deteriorated after Yoon Seok-yue took office.
During the election campaign, Yoon Suk-yeol put forward the slogan of building a "nuclear-free and prosperous Korean Peninsula", but his policy after taking office was completely contrary to this, not only making great efforts to bring US nuclear weapons into the Korean Peninsula, but also taking a series of hostile measures to provoke North Korea.
This has a lot to do with Yoon Seok-yue's own image building in Korea, and in his foreign strategy, he has always defined Korea as a "loyal pawn of the United States camp", hoping to force North Korea to make concessions through so-called tough pressure.
Yoon Suk-yeol on the campaign trail
There are two problems with this strategy. First of all, due to its special geopolitical environment and national conditions, North Korea will not and cannot "give in" because of external pressure, and from the perspective of North Korea, they will not choose to give up nuclear weapons because there are a few more United States nuclear bombs on Korea territory. On the contrary, it will further provoke North Korea to take a more aggressive approach to confrontation with the United States and South Korea.
It can be said that from this perspective, Yoon Seok-yue's strategy will gain nothing but further loss of Korea's already small national sovereignty.
Second, the U.S. military is a United States military that does not act in the interests of Korea just because it is stationed on Korea territory. It can even be said that in many cases, the interests of the US military and Korea are contrary. If necessary, the US military does not mind turning the Korean Peninsula into a battlefield in exchange for containing the development of China and Russia. In this context, Korea's own interests are the least important bargaining chip in the eyes of United States policymakers.
Yoon Suk-yeol and Biden
To sum up, we have to worry about the future of the Korean Peninsula, the arms race is called a "blood-vomiting marathon", and there is already an alternative arms race going on on both sides of the Korean Peninsula, which is constantly increasing, and there will be no winners in such a race after all.
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