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Kim Tae-hyo, Trump’s preference, ‘Army buildup, defense industry advancement’ Harris’s ‘security education’ antipathy Kim Tae-hyo, deputy director of security, announced that he favors Republican candidate Trump in the US presidential election and ‘Korean defense industry advancement into the US for military buildup.’ On the 3rd, Kim, the first deputy director of security, said, “If former Presi..

NATO ‘responding to China’s challenge’, Yoon Seok-yeol to NATO ‘non-proliferation cooperation, institutionalization of free solidarity’ In a joint statement, NATO specified “responding to China’s challenges,” and South Korea signed a “counter-terrorism, disarmament, and non-proliferation program cooperation” with NATO, and announced “institutionalization of free values.” "China's ambitions and c..

Japan's Military Support Self-Defense Force 'Patrol' in the Philippines Trilateral Security Office Meeting with the United States On the 16th, a meeting of the heads of the US and Philippine security offices was held in Tokyo to allow Japan to provide logistical support to the Philippines and patrol aircraft of the Self-Defense Forces to the west of Taiwan. The meeting to establish a new securit..

South Korean alert ‘false alarm’ Oh Se-hoon ‘excessive public servants’ Reagan system 4 malfunction While the foreign press described the issuance of a North Korean missile alert as a “false alarm,” Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon revealed a conflicting view by “actively coping with safety” against “excessive public servants.” From the increase in defense spending at the height of the Cold War due to arm..

US Debt Negotiation Republican Party’s ‘Armament Reinforcement, Education and Welfare Cuts’ Defense Hawkish Highlights In the debt negotiations to raise the ceiling on federal spending in the United States, the Republican Party's military buildup and cuts in education and welfare have emerged as a political protagonist. The New York Times reported on the 25th that the Republican Party refused to..

Fiscal deficit of 54 trillion won in the first quarter, current account deficit of $4.4 billion, entering into twin deficit system National tax revenue decreased by 24 trillion won in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, and the managed budget deficit was 54 trillion won, and 93% of the annual budget deficit was exhausted in the first quarter. The government's national tax re..

In response to the ROK-US joint military drill on the 20th, North Korea presented the terms “simulation of a nuclear attack on a major enemy target” and “nuclear counterattack” for a ballistic missile launched the day before, showing the possibility of negotiations with Japan. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the North Korean leader "simulated a nuclear attack on South Korea ..

A meeting between the foreign and defense ministers of the United States and Japan announced the forward deployment of troops in a statement condemning North Korea, China, and Russia. In a joint statement on the 11th, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada issued a joint statement sta..

The two Koreas are reenacting the “nuclear chick cold war” in the early 1980s under the Reagan regime of the Republican Party, showing an extreme arms race system. In response to North Korea’s continuous ballistic missile launches, the Indo-Pacific Command of the Biden Democratic Party’s administration made an unusual statement saying that it “assessed that there was no immediate threat to allie..

In response to President Yoon Seok-yeol’s remarks about “punishment and retaliation, superior preparations for war,” foreign news outlets reported “tension heightening,” “hostility heightening,” and “strengthening of retaliatory capabilities” as “military augmentation” of 331 trillion won, an increase of 6.8% per year. On the 29th, President Yoon said at the Defense Science Research Institute, "..