https://www.scmp.com/rss/519095/feed Yongweon Yu is a People’s Power Party representative and a leading member of the Mugunghwa Forum in South Korea’s 22nd National Assembly. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities threaten South Korea and the wider region. The United States has promised extended deterrence for South Korea to protect against these threats, and is resolutely opposed to South Korea developing its own nuclear capability. America’s preferred approach is reflected in the nuclear consultative group it set up with South Korea last year, and its efforts to integrate South Korea’s significant conventional military powers with US nuclear operations... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3269033/nuclear-tensions-rise-are-us-defence-plans-south-korea-workable?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3269033/nuclear-tensions-rise-are-us-defence-plans-south-korea-workable?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:30:08 +0000