President Yoon Warns of an Unprecedented International Response If North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
I mean really what is South Korea going to do in response to a nuclear test that hasn’t already been done in the past? The only thing I see getting the Kim regime’s attention and more importantly President Emperor Xi’s attention, is if the ROK develops their own nuclear capability, which I doubt the U.S. will support. That leaves the ROK with its usual response options of show of forces which has not deterred the North Koreans:
President Yoon Suk-yeol said any new nuclear test by North Korea will be met with an international response “not seen in the past” and called on China to play a greater role to deter the North’s provocations.
Yoon made the remarks in an interview with Reuters, released Tuesday, amid growing concerns the North could conduct its seventh nuclear test after a series of recent missile launches.
Should the North forge ahead with a test, Yoon vowed a response “not seen in the past” by South Korea and its partners.
Yonhap
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It may be preferable from a diplomatic point of view, if as a reaction to a Nork nuclear flatulence, the RoK just bans ALL diplomatic, humanitarian, and commercial contact with the Norks (including criminal penalties) until the Norkistanis go to the UN and apologize in front of the world for being richard-craniums.
I mean, every bit of help ANYONE sends to the Norks supports that offensive-smelling, fratricidal, mound of rancid adipose tissue.
Nuclear ambiguity works well for Isreal. Why not South Korea? Isreal is a rare ally in a hostile region such that the US is willing to turn a blind eye towards some sketchy behavior. South Korea is another rare ally in a hostile region. US might be willing to also turn a blind eye towards SK as well.