South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol dialed back recent remarks that Seoul could develop its own nuclear weapons, telling The Wall Street Journal that his focus is on working with the U.S. on North Korean proliferation
DAVOS, Switzerland—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol dialed back recent remarks that Seoul could, telling The Wall Street Journal that his focus is on working closely with the U.S. on North Korean proliferation.
Noting that South Korea, a nonnuclear nation, is part of the decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty aimed at curbing nuclear arms, Mr. Yoon said: “I can assure you that the Republic of Korea’s realistic and rational option is to fully respect the NPT regime…I’m fully confident about the U.S.’s extended deterrence.”
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