The US Secretary of State stated that the declaration of the end of the Korean War on the condition of “priority for security assessment by South Korea, Japan and the United States” and “involvement in close consultations with partners such as South Korea” with respect to North Korea, and put a brake on independent negotiations between the two Koreas.
Secretary of State Tony Blincoln said at the House Foreign Relations Committee on the 10th, "First, we must clarify whether we are doing our best to improve the security of our allies and partners, including Korea and Japan." We must make it clear that the US's own security assets as well as the efforts towards denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula are taken into account.” As reported by the Voice of the United States (VOA).
In response to the parliament, Minister Blincoln said, "It is also important to engage in very close consultations with partners such as South Korea on the North Korean issue," and formalized the link between Japan and the Indo-Pacific strategic allies in the security of the Korean peninsula.
US Commander Robert Abrams said at a hearing on the House of Representatives on the 10th at a hearing on the North Korean missile countermeasures, saying, "The Missile Defense Agency is currently developing three capabilities. One of them has already been deployed on the Korean Peninsula, and the other two elements will be deployed on the Korean Peninsula within this year. It is scheduled” and announced the deployment of the new missile in Korea.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Helby said in an evaluation query to the'Quad' that Korea was missing at the hearing on the day, "The Quad is not a limited organization for national defense and security, and will transform into a comprehensive regional security structure covering agendas such as diplomatic, economic, cyber, etc." It can be developed in a direction that includes the Southeast Asian Nations Federation, ASEAN member states, and the US-Korea-Japan triangle.”
In response to the hearing, the commander of the US-Korea alliance said, “The US-Korea alliance is a key axis for security and stability in Northeast Asia,” regarding the deployment of new missiles in South Korea. “It is expanding into areas such as economic cooperation and reducing regional threats.” Cooperation'.
The US State Department explained in a press explanation on the 8th in the SMA agreement that “the rate of increase in South Korean defense expenditures from 2022 before that year was set as the rate of increase in contributions”, adding 5.4% of the increase in Korean defense expenditures to the annual increase in contributions. We confirmed the connection to Korea's armament enhancement.
Just before the U.S. presidential election, in November last year, President Trump appoints the Pentagon for those who prefer military operations to target nuclear programs, and the U.S. Special Forces began training with Taiwanese Marines on the 9th, and the Hong Kong legislative assembly of Chin-China held four anti-Chinese lawmakers on the 11th. Upon expulsion, Douglas McGregor, the first advocate of the end of the Korean War, was appointed as an assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Defense on the same day as a super hardline under the Trump camp.
"President Trump must begin a declaration of an end to the war," said McGregor, who was a commentator on Fox News, a conservative medium for Trump, in an interview on a hard successor to Bolton in September 2019. "President Trump must begin a declaration of an end to the war. Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Trump, and Moon Jae-in" President and Chairman Kim Jong-un must all come together to sign the Declaration of the End of War. Then, President Trump must hand over the opposition rights to the Korean Peninsula to President Moon and the Koreans so that Korea can become a true sovereign state.”
At the end of Trump, the U.S. Department of Defense, at the time, the Vice Minister of Policy (Anthony Tita, former Brigadier General of the Army), Vice Minister of Information (Ezra Cohen Wartnik), and the Chief Secretary of the Deputy Secretary General (Kash Patel, White House counter-terrorism officer), were all filled with ``hard-liners against Iran'' and prioritized military operations They are strategists in linking armament enhancement to the strategy of early US troop withdrawal in Middle East Afghanistan and Syria for the purpose. (Refer to Kim Jong-chan's security and economy blog November 13, 2020)