(ANSA) – BEIJING, APRIL 07 – South Korea will strengthen its deterrence against Pyongyang missile and nuclear threats: this is the promise made by South Korean president-elect, Yoon Suk-yeol, who will take office on May 8, during a visit to the military base of Camp Humphreys, in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of Seoul.
A few days after the hermit state’s threat to use nuclear weapons by Kim Yo-jong, the sister of leader KIm Jong-un, should Seoul decide to attack the North, Yoon has “assured his determination. to further increase the alliance between South Korea and the United States and to strengthen the posture of deterrence and response against nuclear and missile threats from the North, “Yonhap reported. The “security situation on the Korean peninsula is serious”, concluded the president-elect, as confirmed by the North Korean test of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last month, the most powerful of its kind since 2017. (ANSA).
Source: Ansa
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