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North Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks

North Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks

PEJOURNAL - North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning that analysts said is probably aimed at the South's incoming conservative president. Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the government and ruling party, said it was a "very big mistake" for South Korea's minister of defence to make recent remarks discussing attacks on the North, state news agency KCNA reported. South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook had said on Friday that his country's military has a variety…
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Afghanistan’s collapse is a rude awakening for South Korea

Afghanistan’s collapse is a rude awakening for South Korea

BY: Jong Eun Lee* PEJOURNAL - After twenty years, the war in Afghanistan has ended with the Taliban’s victory. Multiple U.S. analysts are already writing commentaries on what has gone wrong with the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, but far fewer are assessing what the end of the war signifies for South Korea. Currently, there is an ongoing historical debate within South Korea on the origin of the Republic of Korea (ROK), with critics challenging its political legitimacy (allegation of pro-Japanese, authoritarian characteristics). However, it should be noted that during the Korean War, most of the South Korean populace and…
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Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

Rand Institute Roadmap for Negotiations with North Korea

PEJOURNAL - The continuing North Korean nuclear arms crisis in various US governments has made it a complex issue. The Rand Institute has tried to find a way to solve this crisis In 1946, the US Air Force commissioned Douglas Air Industries to build a test aircraft with worldwide flying capability. In 1947, the company held a symposium to hire experts to provide broader analysis and research to the US military, which led to the founding of the Rand Institute in 1948. Rand has been instrumental in shaping US military strategy since the 1950s, and one of his most famous…
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Newsweek:                           First North Korea, Now Iran Warns South Korea Over Its Ties to U.S.

Newsweek: First North Korea, Now Iran Warns South Korea Over Its Ties to U.S.

PEJOURNAL - Iran has followed North Korea in criticizing South Korea for putting U.S. interests first as the Islamic Republic attempts to free frozen financial assets abroad through legal action. Mahmoud Vaezi, chief of staff for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, warned in a tweet Tuesday that "the government of South Korea should not sacrifice the Iranian nation's trust in that country's products and technology [gained] in recent decades as well as its long-term interests in the Iranian market for the US regime's demands and pressures." The message came days after the head of Tehran's joint Iran and South Korea commerce…
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