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December 09, 2024
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The US must not restation nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula

Deploying nukes in South Korea doesn’t help deter North Korea and would invite responses that undermine US-ROK alliance

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Steve Tharp, a retired U.S. Army officer and Department of the Army civilian who has served and lived in Korea for 34 years. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.


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