Beyond the military alliance with North Korea, full-fledged publicity on economic security and global issues… Emphasis on value alliances
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Jung-won = President Yoon Seok-yeol and US President Joe Biden look at each other at a joint press conference held by the South Korean and US leaders at the presidential office in Yongsan, Seoul on the 21st. 2022.5.21 jeong@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong A-ran = The South Korea-US summit held in Seoul on the 21st is evaluated to have declared the evolution of the two countries into a global partnership that encompasses advanced technologies, supply chains, and global issues beyond a military alliance with North Korea.
It is an economic and security alliance that strengthens cooperation in future industries such as semiconductors and batteries and responds together to global supply chain issues, as well as a value alliance that shares the same voice on global issues such as Ukraine issues.
Through President Joe Biden’s visit to Korea this time, President Yoon Seok-yeol clearly expressed his will to deepen the ‘comprehensive strategic alliance’ relationship with the United States amid the accelerating competition for hegemony between the US and China.
The leaders of the Republic of Korea and the United States agreed to work closely together to resolve the North Korean and North Korean nuclear issues.
While ‘condemning’ North Korea’s recent series of armed provocations and raising a warning voice, they decided to strengthen the ROK-US combined defense posture once morest the North Korean threat.
As a specific ‘action plan’, discussions on expanding the ROK-US joint exercise, which North Korea has criticized for its hostile policy toward North Korea, have been suggested as “a war of aggression exercise.” The agreement also included an agreement to restart the Extended Deterrence Strategy Council (EDSCG), which had been suspended for the past four years.
This seems to reflect the situation in which tensions have risen on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea has completely abandoned its moratorium on nuclear tests and ICBM launches through 16 missile provocations this year alone, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Kim Seong-han, head of the National Security Office, said at a briefing following the meeting, “We can count the achievement of the ROK-U.S. alliance in action and practice rather than just shouting out an alliance with words.” specified,” he said.
The leaders of the Republic of Korea and the United States reaffirmed their cooperation for the denuclearization of North Korea under the expression ‘complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’ and also made it clear that they are willing to engage in dialogue with North Korea.
He also emphasized the importance of trilateral cooperation between the United States and Japan in terms of cooperation with North Korea.
The leaders of the Republic of Korea and the United States also focused on building an economic and security alliance through omni-directional cooperation.
It is believed that close cooperation between the two countries is necessary at a time when economic and security boundaries are effectively blurring in the international order and global supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19 and Ukraine crisis are deepening.
This is evidenced by President Yoon’s remarks during the Korea-US expanded summit that day, “We are living in an era where the economy is security, and security is the economy.”
The two leaders also agreed to cooperate for cooperation in core and emerging technologies such as semiconductors, batteries, and artificial intelligence (AI) and for a “safe, sustainable and resilient global supply chain.”
Accordingly, the ROK and the United States have decided to launch economic and security dialogues between the National Security Offices and establish regular ministerial level supply chain and industry dialogues to discuss supply chain promotion.
It is an extension of the ‘semiconductor alliance’ by visiting the Samsung Pyeongtaek campus, the world’s largest semiconductor production facility, as the first accompaniment on the day before President Biden’s arrival.
President Yoon also made it clear that we are members of an alliance that shares the ‘values’ of liberal democracy and human rights promoted by the United States.
It also formalized its intention to participate in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which will be launched on the occasion of President Biden’s visit, sending a message that it will actively respond to the US-led Indo-Pacific strategy.
President Yun’s interest in Quad, which China is wary of as a security consultative body of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, was also specified in the joint statement.
At the briefing, however, economic and security secretary Wang Yun-jong said, “There is not a single line in the ROK-U.S. joint statement that excludes China from the supply chain.” There was no,” he claimed.
On the Ukraine issue, South Korea and the United States clearly expressed their opposition to Russia’s unilateral and additional aggression, while also sharing plans for cooperation in climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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