SEOUL: Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North, South Korean President...
SEOUL: Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the nuclear-armed North, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said. In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo newspaper published Monday, Yoon said the United States' existing 'nuclear umbrella' and 'extended deterrence' were no longer enough to reassure South Koreans.
His comments came a day after the North's state media reported that leader Kim Jong Un had called for an 'exponential' increase in his country's nuclear arsenal and new intercontinental ballistic missiles to counter what it termed US and South Korean hostility. In 2022, the North conducted sanctions-busting weapons tests nearly every month, including firing its most advanced ICBM ever.
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