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US-China military tensions, Russia East Sea drills, Japan’s “diplomacy first”, South Korea’s “North Korea first diplomacy” As military tensions between the U.S. and China continue, Russia has started military exercises in the East Sea (Sea of Japan), and Japan’s defense minister said in “diplomacy priority,” South Korea said “North Korea should prioritize diplomacy.” “More than 60 warships and s..

From the initial stage to the actual denuclearization, the bold concept approaches complete denuclearization from the blank, showing a “loophole” in South Korea’s independent sanctions designation policy. On the 18th, Foreign Minister Park Jin said, "North Korea's restraint from its 7th nuclear test is the starting point of sincerity." The reader's stage judgment was withheld. On the other hand,..

In a bold initiative, “accepting all North Korean defectors” becomes the core of North Korea’s policy, and it shows “shaking the North Korean system” as a strategy to grant South Korean citizenship to North Koreans. In his Liberation Day congratulatory address on the 15th, President Yun Seok-yeol said, "If North Korea stops developing nuclear weapons and converts to practical denuclearization, I..

Unification Minister Kwon Young-se spoke of a “resource food exchange” & "Accepting all North Korean defectors" to North Korea, and a UN Security Council official said it was a “violation of sanctions against North Korea.” Minister Kwon said, “The ‘Korean Peninsula Resources Food Exchange Program’ (rfep) includes not only food, but also other humanitarian aid materials such as masks and soybean ..