Year could turn into one of crisis on peninsula, experts warn over president’s call for preparation for war
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. Picture: DAEWOUNG KIM/REUTERS
“The nuclear weapons belong to the US, but planning, information sharing, exercises and training should be jointly conducted by South Korea and the US,” Yoon said in an interview with the Chosun Ilbo newspaper published on Monday. A Pentagon spokesperson said: “We have nothing to announce today,” when asked about Yoon’s comments, adding that the alliance remains “rock-solid”.
Inter-Korean ties have long been testy but have been even more frayed since Yoon took office in May, promising a tougher stance on the North rival. The North’s race to advance its nuclear and missile programmes has renewed debate over South Korea’s own nuclear armaments, but Yoon said in the Chosun Ilbo interview that maintaining the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons remains important.
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