As President Moon Jae-in declared that he is the world's sixth-largest military power, he is expected to lift the barriers to division, which is an obstacle to prosperity, in Northeast Asia.
President Moon gave a speech in commemoration of the Liberation Day as a commemorative speech for “the biggest obstacle to growth and prosperity and a strong barrier to lasting peace” with peace in Northeast Asia, based on the '6th place' as a military power that surpasses Japan. There is,” he said on the 15th.
President Moon, who has led Northeast Asian armaments under the Trump regime, said on the same day, "We have developed the world's eighth high-tech supersonic fighter, the KF-21, and are taking off as a powerful space force." It is a powerful country,” he declared, “We are preparing for the new security environment of the 4th industrial revolution and the space age, and we are building a defense force that no one can surpass.”
“For us, division is the biggest obstacle to growth and prosperity, and at the same time, it is a strong barrier to lasting peace. We can also lift this barrier,” he said. He revealed a “strategy for North Korea’s denuclearization that relies on South Korea’s arms build-up” through a power-based peace policy.
Regarding North Korea, President Moon said, “The Northeast Asian Quarantine and Health Cooperation Organization is now information sharing and joint stockpiling of medical and quarantine supplies” and demanded “North Korea, a member of the East Asian life community, also participate”, but “based on the Korea-US vaccine partnership, etc.” “The government will work with companies to commercialize the first vaccine,” and “to take the lead in forming values and order in a new era based on the soft power built up through K- quarantine.” criticism is expected.
In the “Global Fire Power (GFP) World Military Power King” ranking, South Korea ranked 6th in 2020, up from 7th in 2019.
Of the 138 countries that were counted, North Korea was ranked 25th, down seven places from 18th in 2019, and 1st, the US 2nd, Russia 3rd, China 4th, India 5th.