Yoon Seok-yeol’s Power Based Peace “Proves military response to North Korea’s provocations” Yomiuri Report
Yomiuri reported on the 1st that the Yoon Seok-yeol government’s strength-based peace “proves the effectiveness of military response to North Korean provocations.”
Rep. Shin Won-sik (People's Power), a member of the National Assembly's National Defense Committee, said in a Yomiuri interview on the question of 'peace through strength', "President Yoon accurately grasps the changes in the world." We have returned from an era of maintaining peace through economic interdependence to a traditional era of maintaining peace through force.”
He continued, “North Korea has no choice but to show through force that it has more to lose than it gains from provocations,” he said of “armed response.”
In response to the question, 'What is the purpose of North Korea's nuclear weapons development?', he said, "It is for the survival of the Kim family." Dismantling is the goal. That is, it will lead to the withdrawal of US troops from Korea. This is the core of North Korea's insistence on "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,"" he said, defining North Korea's strategy for "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
Regarding the situation on the Korean Peninsula, he said, “Even after the ceasefire, the Korean Peninsula is still in a kind of 'hot war'. The situation surrounding Korea has changed dramatically. During its 12 years in China, Xi Jinping's administration took a strong state line, while the Obama administration advocated a "reorientation" policy that shifted the focus of military and economic operations to Asia. The strategic competition between the United States and China has begun, and the confrontation between the United States and China took the form of a 'new cold war' during the Trump administration. Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year set the tone for a new Cold War."
In response to the question, “What should be emphasized when dealing with North Korea?”, he said, “We must abandon the illusion that only we can change North Korea. The successive leftist governments, namely Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, and Moon Jae-in, the North Korean regime, thought, 'This time North Korea is different from the past, so we can have a dialogue and put carrots (economic support) to make a difference,' but nothing could be changed,” he said.
He continued, “During the Trump administration, Moon Jae-in and President Trump thought that North Korea would be different this time. That arrogance resulted in deceiving North Korea," he said. "North Korea must uphold and maintain the principle of 'don't destroy peace first, but changing the status quo by force is absolutely unacceptable.'" peace based on strength.
In criticizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, he said, “‘Strategic nuclear’ and ‘tactical nuclear’ have different goals. If there is a military conflict between the two Koreas and South Korea continues to resist, North Korea will use nuclear weapons at the beginning of the war,” he explained tactical nuclear weapons.
Regarding strategic nuclear weapons, he said, “Strategic nuclear weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) reaching the United States are a tool that threatens the United States and dismantles the ROK-US alliance. North Korea also has no intention of engaging in a nuclear war with the United States. The nuclear weapons developed by the Kim family for survival will not be used to die.”
He continued, “The added nuclear threat from North Korea further heightened tensions. North Korea is 100% responsible for the tensions over the nuclear issue. North Korea continues to develop nuclear weapons despite repeated sanctions resolutions by the UN Security Council.
He also said, “When the US strategic nuclear submarine, the Kentucky, arrived in Busan on May 18, North Korea protested, saying it was a nuclear threat.” Strengthening deterrence between South Korea and the United States is a response to deter North Korea's nuclear provocation, and we did not escalate tensions first."
Regarding the Korea-US-Japan summit in the United States in August, he said, “Relations will deteriorate until either the US or China kneel” and “return to the traditional era of maintaining peace through force”, “In this situation, President Yoon We have improved Korea-Japan relations, strengthened the ROK-US alliance, and strengthened liberal solidarity in the Indo-Pacific region.”
He continued, “The Korea-US-Japan summit at Camp David in August is of great significance. South Korea and Japan will support the United States from the left and right, and will become an axis to protect the progress of human civilization and the free world.”
Republican Congressman French Hill said on the 3rd, “The relations between the United States, South Korea and Japan are essential to maintaining economic prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and promoting freedom around the world.” It is very important for the three countries to work together to ensure the freedoms of the world, counter the CCP's neo-colonial Belt and Road strategy, and work to maintain peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and around the world," he told Voice of America (VOA).
He is a member of the U.S. Congressional Foreign Relations Committee and Intelligence Committee, and earlier this year visited Korea as the head of the U.S. for an undisclosed Korea-US-Japan trilateral meeting in Seoul.