Kim Yo-jong Warns ROK Against Conducting Military Drills With the U.S.
Is this a sign that the Moon administration is wavering on conducting the upcoming combined exercise with the U.S.?:
South Korea said Monday it’ll keep pushing to improve ties and resume talks with rival North Korea, despite the North’s threat to rekindle animosities if Seoul holds its summertime military drills with the United States.
On Sunday night, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned the drills would seriously undermine efforts to restore mutual trust between the Koreas and becloud prospects for better ties if the training is launched as scheduled this month. Her statement raised a question about the sincerity of North Korea’s recent decision to reopen long-stalled communication channels with South Korea.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Monday the exact timing, size and other details of the drills haven’t been fixed and that they were the issues that must be determined by South Korean and U.S. authorities. Spokesman Boo Seung-Chan repeated his previous statement that Seoul and Washington are examining factors like the pandemic’s current status, diplomat efforts to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and South Korea-U.S. military readiness.
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“WARNS ROK AGAINST CONDUCTING MILITARY DRILLS AGAINST THE U.S.”
This is a rare occasion where I agree with the DPRK. The ROK shouldn’t conduct any drills against the US. 😛
A calculated statement. It’s quite likely due to the recent spike of cases in South Korea they may ask for the US to scale back the planned exercises. The Norks & Kim Skinny both know this, so issue a statement like this, USFK & ROK determine that exercises should be smaller and it gets announced in Norkistan that Kim Skinny forced ROK & US to their knees.
@Smokes, yes that was a funny typo, I fixed it.