Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign team | Lee Jae-myung visiting a coast guard unit at a western border island on Dec. 30, 2021
Progressive South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday urged his conservative opponent to retract his support for a “preemptive strike” in the event of a pending North Korean hypersonic missile attack, describing Yoon Suk-yeol’s comments as reckless and dangerous.
Yoon of the People Power Party (PPP) suggested the idea the previous day in response to a question about North Korea’s latest test of a hypersonic missile that could potentially thwart conventional missile defenses with its high speed and maneuverability.
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Progressive South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday urged his conservative opponent to retract his support for a “preemptive strike” in the event of a pending North Korean hypersonic missile attack, describing Yoon Suk-yeol’s comments as reckless and dangerous.
Yoon of the People Power Party (PPP) suggested the idea the previous day in response to a question about North Korea’s latest test of a hypersonic missile that could potentially thwart conventional missile defenses with its high speed and maneuverability.
Jeongmin Kim is a Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim