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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol: The era of appeasement of North Korea is over

By Daniel D. Burke
May 23, 2022
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Speaking exclusively to CNN in his first media interview since taking office two weeks ago, Yoon said, “I think the ball is in Chairman Kim’s court – it’s his choice of start a dialogue with us.”

From his new presidential office in the old defense building in Seoul, Yoon told CNN that South Korea and its allies are ready for any act of North Korean provocation.

“Just temporarily escaping North Korean provocation or conflict is not something we should be doing,” he said, pointing to the previous liberal administration’s appeasement strategy. “This kind of approach over the past five years has proven to be a failure.”

Yoon, a former prosecutor and newcomer to politics, has always stressed his tougher stance toward North Korea and his desire to bolster the South’s military, a departure from his predecessor Moon Jae-in, who had promoted dialogue and peaceful reconciliation.

Despite his stance, Yoon said Monday he doesn’t want North Korea to “collapse.”

“What I want is shared and common prosperity on the Korean Peninsula,” he said, but added, “I don’t believe that improving [North Korea’s] nuclear capability is useful and conducive to the maintenance of international peace. »

The United States, China and the Quad

Given the recent increase in missile testing in North Korea and the resumption of activity at its underground nuclear test site, regional leaders were nervous this weekend as Yoon met with US President Joe Biden in Seoul.
US officials had warned that the North could be preparing for an underground test of nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missiles during Biden’s visit – his first trip to Asia since taking office.

So far this has not happened.

But the two men found common ground, Yoon said, showing CNN a gift received from Biden, a sign that read, “The buck stops here.” The quote is often associated with former US President Harry S. Truman. “I don’t know how (Biden) knew I liked that statement,” Yoon said, placing it in the middle of his desk.

Throughout his campaign, Yoon has stressed the importance of South Korea’s close security alliance with the United States – a push that came into full play after his meeting with Biden, when the US president hailed their relationship as reaching “new heights”.

After their meeting, the two leaders announced in a joint statement that they would begin discussions on resuming and potentially expanding joint military exercises that had been halted under Biden’s predecessor – a step likely to draw public fury. North Korea.

On Monday, Yoon defended the move as purely defensive. Regular military training is “the fundamental duty of every army in the world to maintain its state of readiness”, he said.

He added that in the event of an attack, the United States would provide assistance including missile defense and its “nuclear umbrella”, the promise of protection from a nuclear-weapon state to a non-nuclear ally.

US assesses North Korea preparing for possible long-range missile test in days as Biden prepares to travel to Asia

However, he ruled out the possibility of “redeploying tactical nuclear weapons on the [Korean] Peninsula.”

But South Korea could see its partnership with the United States and other regional players develop in other ways.

Yoon said it was in South Korea’s “national interest” to join Biden’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a recently unveiled economic plan for like-minded democracies in the region that is widely seen as a counterweight to China’s grip.

He added that South Korea was also considering joining several working groups of the “Quad”, or quadrilateral dialogue on security – an informal group made up of the United States, Australia, India and Japan – to collaborate in areas such as vaccines, climate change and emerging technology. However, he stopped short of saying the South would seek formal Quad membership, saying it was something he would “continue to consider”.

The Quad has become more active in recent years as concerns grow over China’s territorial claims in the region, with the four leaders due to hold an in-person summit in Tokyo on Tuesday. Beijing has condemned the bloc as an anti-China “clique” emblematic of a “toxic” Cold War mentality.
China is alarmed by the Quad.  But his threats bring the group together

For years, South Korea has has tried to balance its US alliance with growing economic ties with China – but Seoul’s relationship with Beijing has been strained in recent years.

Throughout his campaign, Yoon took a colder tone toward China than his predecessor, portraying the country as an economic rival.

Asked about the risk of provoking Beijing’s fury by forging closer ties with the United States, Yoon dismissed the threat of economic retaliation.

“Even if we are strengthening our security and technology alliances with the United States, that does not mean that we think our economic cooperation with China is unimportant,” he said. In addition, he added, South Korea and China depend on each other’s cooperation — “so I don’t think it’s reasonable for China to be too sensitive on this issue.”

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