President Yoon Suk Yeol said the strategy of ‘nuclear umbrella’ or ‘extended deterrence’ is no longer reassuring for the public now that North Korea has developed nuclear weapons and a range of missiles to deliver them.
said his government was in talks with the US on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has sought to put South Korea on a path of overwhelming military strength against North Korea,He said the strategy of “nuclear umbrella”, or “extended deterrence”, was no longer reassuring for the public now that North Korea had developed nuclear weapons and a range of missiles to deliver them.
In September, South Korea and the US agreed to co-operate more closely in their first formal talks on extended deterrence in about four years. They agreed to “explore avenues to enhance alliance strategic readiness through improved information sharing, training, and exercises, as they relate to nuclear and non-nuclear threats, including better use of table-top exercises”, according to a US statement.
Last week, Mr Kim’s regime sent five drones across the border into South Korea, temporarily disrupting flights at major airports.
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