South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats.
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises.
Asked by a reporter later at the White House about whether the two countries were discussing joint nuclear exercises, Biden replied, “No.” In the Chosun Ilbo interview, Yoon said that while the US nuclear weapons belong to the US, planning, intel-sharing and exercises involving them must be jointly conducted with South Korea. He said he finds it difficult to assure his people of a security guarantee with the current levels of US security commitment.
Kim Taewoo, a former head of Seoul’s Korea Institute for National Unification, said the reported South Korea-US discussion likely “benchmarked a Nato-style nuclear-sharing arrangement” that allows Nato member states’ warplanes to carry US nuclear weapons.
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