US-ROK-Japan trilateral defense chief meeting in Singapore, June 11, 2022 | Image: Secretary of Defense Flickr
“Nobody would want” U.S. nuclear weapons to be deployed on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s defense minister said Sunday, as the new administration in Seoul pushes to improve deterrence against North Korean threats.
Lee Jong-sup made his remarks during a panel discussion when asked about the possibility of U.S. nuclear weapons deployment in South Korea at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore over the weekend.
“No one from the international community would want that, and that would be my answer,” Lee said.
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“Nobody would want” U.S. nuclear weapons to be deployed on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s defense minister said Sunday, as the new administration in Seoul pushes to improve deterrence against North Korean threats.
Lee Jong-sup made his remarks during a panel discussion when asked about the possibility of U.S. nuclear weapons deployment in South Korea at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore over the weekend.
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