Bloomberg : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the US on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the nuclear weapons belong to the US, intel sharing, planning, and training should be done jointly,\u201d Yoon told South Korea\u2019s Chosun Ilbo newspaper in an interview published on Monday. \u201cThe US\u2019s stance is quite positive,\u201d he added, telling the newspaper that the policy should be conducted under the concept of \u201cjoint planning and joint exercise.\u201d South Korea\u2019s presidential office confirmed the remarks.<\/p>\n
Yoon said the strategy of \u201cnuclear umbrella\u201d or \u201cextended deterrence\u201d is no longer reassuring for the public now that North Korea has developed nuclear weapons and a range of missiles to deliver them. Since taking power last May, Yoon has sought to put South Korea on a path of overwhelming military strength against North Korea, which has launched scores of missiles in defiance of United Nations resolutions and is preparing for another nuclear test.<\/p>\n
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In September, South Korea and the US agreed to cooperate more closely in their first formal talks on extended deterrence in about four years. The two sides agreed to \u201cexplore avenues to enhance alliance strategic readiness through improved information sharing, training, and exercises, as they relate to nuclear and non-nuclear threats, including better use of table-top exercises,\u201d according to a US statement at the time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bloomberg : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the US on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, which would mark a significant shift in a decades-old policy among American allies to deter North Korea. \u201cWhile the nuclear weapons belong to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-305008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n