The mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, told Reuters in an interview published on Monday that he supported South Korea developing nuclear weapons in response to increased belligerence from communist North Korea, a nuclear-armed state.
the pursuit of nuclear weapons in exchange for American and Western guarantees of security in the event of attack.
“When asked to choose between a domestic nuclear weapons program and the stationing of U.S. nuclear weapons in South Korea, similar to that of the past, the public overwhelmingly preferred an independent arsenal,” thelast year, “underscoring the desire among South Koreans for greater autonomy over how and when nuclear weapons would be deployed on their behalf.”
“North Korea has nearly succeeded in miniaturising and lightening tactical nuclear weapons and secured at least dozens of warheads,” OhReuters. “We’ve come to a point where it is difficult to convince people with the logic that we should refrain from developing nuclear weapons and stick to the cause of denuclearisation.”
Oh reportedly cited Ukraine’s situation as indicative of the risk that South Korea would take if it continued to rely on other countries with nuclear weapons to protect it. North Korea has not considered any global pleas to stop its illegal nuclear weapons development. On the contrary, dictator Kim Jong-unfor an “exponential increase of the country’s nuclear arsenal” in his end-of-year remarks in 2022.
“While the nuclear weapons belong to the US, intel sharing, planning, and training should be done jointly,” YoonA week later, Yoon suggested greenlighting domestic nuclear weapons development.
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