South Korea and the United States finalized a set of guidelines for their joint nuclear deterrence posture at the third Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) session in Seoul on Monday, according to an allied statement released after the meeting.
Nuclear policy experts speaking at a Thursday afternoon roundtable emphasized that South Korea's conventional capabilities and U.S. ambiguity regarding nuclear weapons use form the core of Washington’s extended deterrence commitment to Seoul.
North Korea threatened to stage the "most powerful and rapid first strike" against U.S. strategic assets Friday following the arrival of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the Korean Peninsula.
The inaugural meeting of a new Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) between South Korea and the United States will likely be held soon amid continued concerns over North Korea's threats, according to Seoul's top diplomat to Washington on Wednesday.
A U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) docked in Busan on Friday, marking the first such visit in six years, Seoul's Defense Ministry said.
The first meeting of a joint South Korean-U.S. nuclear deterrence and strategic planning group is expected to take place next month, an informed source told the JoongAng Ilbo on Monday.
President Yoon Suk Yeol underscored that South Korea-U.S. ties have been upgraded to a "nuclear-based alliance" amid escalating threats from the North in a Memorial Day address Tuesday.
I hope the South Korean government has substantial consultations with its U.S. counterparts on ensuring the extended deterrence.
Japan agreed to allow Korean experts to conduct an on-site inspection at the now defunct Fukushima nuclear power plant ahead of the planned release of treated water into the Pacific Ocean, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday.
“The Nuclear Consultative Group is more practical than NATO’s NPG [Nuclear Planning Group] in that Korea and the U.S. will be holding more frequent and deeper conversations on a one-on-one basis," President Yoon said at the cabinet meeting.
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