Regarding the statement by President Yoon’s office on the 3rd related to the’nuclear training’, Reuters approached the gap between nuclear expansion and nuclear deterrence, saying that it was “contradictory with President Yoon’s previous remarks.”
Reuters told the presidential office description, “The statement came right after Biden said the US was not discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea, which seems to contradict South Korean President Seok-Yeol Yoon’s previous comments in an interview with a local newspaper. ”he said.
Regarding the remarks of a “senior US administration official” that was widely reported by the Korean media, Reuters said, “A senior US administration official said that a joint nuclear exercise with South Korea would be ‘very difficult’ because South Korea is not a nuclear weapons state, but allies will strengthen information sharing, “We reiterated Biden’s comments by saying we were looking at a joint contingency plan and eventual tabletop drills,” the report said.
In a written briefing on the 3rd, President Kim Eun-hye, chief of public relations, said in a written briefing that US President Biden answered "No" to the question, "Are you discussing a joint nuclear exercise with South Korea?" “We are discussing information sharing, joint planning, and joint execution plans for the operation of US-owned nuclear power assets,” he said. When asked, the answer is, of course, ‘No’.”
"'Joint nuclear exercise' is a possible term among nuclear powers," he said at the briefing. It is interpreted as meaning that South Korea does not possess nuclear weapons, so it cannot apply nuclear war exercises itself.
A Reuters reporter answered “No” to President Biden’s question on the 2nd, “Are you discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea right now?”
President Yoon Seok-yeol told the Chosun Ilbo on the 2nd, "We are discussing the concept of joint planning and joint exercises on nuclear weapons with the US to effectively deter expansion, and the US is also quite positive." The training should be conducted jointly by South Korea and the United States," he said.
Reuters reported on the 2nd that a senior administration official said, "North Korea is making increasingly threatening rhetoric. The United States and South Korea are committed to joint efforts to deter North Korea." As a result, we are reviewing mock training."
Yonhap News reported on Reuters, “The remarks of this official (US) are a further explanation of President Joe Biden’s remarks on the issue of the joint nuclear exercise between Korea and the United States. It seems to be connected too,” he said.
In November of last year, the defense ministers of the ROK and the U.S. issued a joint statement on joint planning and joint exercise for nuclear power operation at the 54th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in the United States, "to deter and deter North Korea's nuclear and missile threats." It was decided to further strengthen the alliance's ability to respond, information sharing, consultation procedures, joint planning and execution, etc."
A written briefing by the President's office confirmed the distinction by stating that 'Joint nuclear exercise' is a possible term among nuclear powers.
In a New Year’s interview, President Yoon said, “We are discussing the concept of joint exercises,” and Reuters reported on this day that “the presidential office statement was ‘contradictory with President Yoon’s previous remarks’.”
Reuters reported on the previous day (2nd), “In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo, he said, ‘Nuclear weapons belong to the United States, but planning, information sharing, training, and training must be carried out jointly by South Korea and the United States.’ The newspaper reported, quoting President Yun, that the joint plan and exercises are to more effectively implement the US' 'extended deterrence', and that Washington was also 'quite positive' about the idea."
Reuters continued, “The term ‘extended deterrence’ refers to the ability of the US military, especially nuclear forces, to deter attacks on US allies.” The first meeting chaired by the Obama administration was Thomas Countryman, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control under the Obama Administration,” reported in “arms control negotiating terminology.”
Countryman told Reuters on the 2nd, "It is not immediately clear what is new in President Yoon's statement, or how it is a paraphrase of what is already happening."
The Hankyoreh said, “Chief Kim took a position by translating ‘Joint nuclear exercise’ as ‘nuclear war exercise’ rather than ‘joint nuclear exercise’. An official from the presidential office reported, “It is correct to translate (nuclear exercise) as ‘war exercise’ because it is an exercise between nuclear powers.”
The explanation of President Biden and the State Department means’nuclear disarmament negotiations’ in the US nuclear operation, and the explanation of the President’s office shows the gap between’nuclear expansion by participating in US nuclear exercises’.<Reenactment of the “nuclear chick cold war” under the Reagan regime intensifying the inter-Korean arms race, see January 1, 2023>
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