U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on May 21, 2022 | Image: ROK Presidential Office
U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol visited an air defense headquarters near Seoul on Sunday to show North Korea their willingness to respond to “nuclear and missile provocations,” according to Yoon’s office.
The inside of the Korea Air and Space Operations Center (KAOC) at Osan Air Base was first revealed to the public when Biden and Yoon delivered remarks at the center on the third and final day of Biden’s first presidential visit to the Korean Peninsula.
“Visiting KAOC with President Biden shows the willingness that the
U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol visited an air defense headquarters near Seoul on Sunday to show North Korea their willingness to respond to “nuclear and missile provocations,” according to Yoon’s office.
The inside of the Korea Air and Space Operations Center (KAOC) at Osan Air Base was first revealed to the public when Biden and Yoon delivered remarks at the center on the third and final day of Biden’s first presidential visit to the Korean Peninsula.
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