'President Yoon Suk Yeol's remarks should be condemned, as should all nations that threaten to leave the NPT and develop nukes,' said nuclearban. 'Adding more nuclear weapons into an already tense region is like pouring oil onto a grease fire.'
the world's second largest nuclear arsenal, after Russia, and is a key ally of South Korea—to dissuade Yoon's government from pursuing nukes.
possible commitments to the U.S. and"the legal dubiousness of using equipment acquired under the treaty," then said that"the big point is that I'd support withdrawing extended guarantees from any ally that withdrew from the NPT."Stopping the Bomb: The Sources and Effectiveness of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy"If South Korea decided to go nuclear, it would damage the NPT, trigger sanctions, threaten the alliance with the U.S.
"We've seen a miscalculation leading to serious wars many times in history," Yoon said."These unlawful North Korean provocations can only result in the strengthening of [South Korea's] security response capabilities and a further strengthening of the security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan."In a recent newspaper interview, Yoon cited discussions with the U.S. about joint planning potentially involving U.S. nuclear assets.
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