Foreign media: Yin Xiyue announced that if tensions with North Korea escalate, South Korea will consider holding nuclear weapons
2023-01-13
According to the report of Russia Today (RT) and the New York Times of the United States, South Korean President Yoon Hyatt said for the first time on the 11th that if tensions with North Korea continue to escalate, South Korea may arm itself with tactical nuclear weapons or require the United States to redeploy nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. According to the report, Yin Xiyue also said, "If this happens, it will not be long before we can possess (nuclear weapons) with our science and technology as time goes by." This is not the first time that the Korean government has mentioned nuclear weapons recently. In response to North Korea's "nuclear weapons and missile threat", South Korean President Yoon Hyatt said recently that South Korea and the United States are discussing "joint planning and joint exercises to use the United States nuclear power". However, US President Biden returned to the White House after the New Year holiday and was asked about this plan, but said "no". In this regard, the South Korean presidential palace rushed to "make up" on the 3rd, claiming that Biden denied that it was only because of improper questions from reporters, and reiterated that South Korea and the United States were discussing "sharing the information of the United States nuclear forces, joint planning and corresponding implementation plans". Just a few days before the New Year, someone from the ruling party of South Korea also proposed to invite the United States to deploy nuclear weapons on Jeju Island. The South Korean government and the ruling party frequently spread information about nuclear weapons, triggering strong opposition from South Korean public opinion and concerns in Northeast Asia. Kim Yi-him, spokesman for the Democratic Party of the United Nations, the largest opposition party in South Korea, said on the 3rd that the "joint planning and joint exercise" of the United States nuclear weapons was a nuclear sharing that even the United States' NATO allies could not participate in. The Korean government's "random and reckless nuclear weapons talk has darkened the situation on the peninsula since the beginning of the new year". On May 26, 2022, Ambassador Zhang Jun, the Permanent Representative of the United Nations, mentioned in his explanatory statement after the Security Council voted on the draft resolution on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue that, as a close neighbor of the peninsula, China attaches great importance to the situation on the peninsula, always adheres to maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula, insists on achieving denuclearization of the peninsula, and insists on resolving the issue through dialogue and consultation. For a long time, China has been making unremitting efforts to this end. In recent years, the situation on the peninsula has continued to be tense. China has always called on all parties to maintain calm and restraint and avoid taking any action that may aggravate the tension and lead to miscarriage of justice. On the issue of the peninsula, the Security Council should play a positive and constructive role, and its actions should help to ease the situation and prevent the situation on the peninsula from deteriorating or even out of control. Peace and stability on the Korean peninsula are related to the common interests of regional countries and require joint efforts of all countries. The security of all countries is indivisible, and the security of one country cannot be based on the insecurity of other countries. (Outlook New Era)
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