SEOUL, March 13 — South Korea should build nuclear weapons to bolster its defences against North Korea, even at the risk of international repercussions, the mayor of its capital...
SEOUL, March 13 — South Korea should build nuclear weapons to bolster its defences against North Korea, even at the risk of international repercussions, the mayor of its capital city said, arguing that the country cannot be bound by the goal of denuclearisation.
He has raised the issue before, saying in February that the South should keep the nuclear option available. But his new comments are his strongest yet. Amid advances in North Koreas’ military and doubts over the U.S. commitment or ability to protect the South, a growing number of senior South Korean officials have raised the possibility of developing nuclear weapons or redeploying American tactical nuclear bombs and missiles, which were withdrawn from the Korean Peninsula in the 1990s.
In a poll released on March 1 by Data Research, more than 70 per cent of South Koreans supported developing nuclear weapons with 27 per cent opposed; 59 per cent said North Korea would probably use nuclear weapons if war breaks out on the peninsula. He dismissed opponents who warned of punishments from other countries, including sanctions, saying a South Korean nuclear programme would send a message to countries like China to curb the North’s military build-up.
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