Senior South Korean and U.S. defense officials met in Seoul today to discuss an updated procedure for countering North Korea’s nuclear threats. These recommendations, a joint declaration following their third closed-door discussion, lay out the ideas and methods for maintaining and enhancing a “credible and effective” nuclear-repellent policy.
North Korea is creating its nuclear weapons and delivery technologies at the same time as the Nuclear Consultative Group conference. Politicians in South Korea, especially senior members of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s party, have proposed that the country develop its nuclear weapons rather than relying entirely on the nuclear umbrella of the U.S. Washington remains opposed to this notion.
At last year’s summit, the U.S. pledged to provide South Korea with greater information about its nuclear preparations in the event of a conflict with North Korea. This meeting on June 10, 2024, followed up on that agreement. According to acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Vipin Narang, the guidelines facilitate the incorporation of conventional and nuclear capabilities for use in a crisis
Before the annual submission drills, high-level officials from both Koreas will carry out a simulated tabletop exercise, with the focus being on North Korea’s possible use of nuclear weapons, according to Cho Chang-rae, South Korea’s deputy defense minister for police. The 1950–1953 Korean War ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty, meaning that the two Koreas were still officially at war.
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