South Korean defense documents reveal clearly labeling North Korea as the ‘enemy’!
On February 16, the AFP news agency reported that In a South Korean defense document released on Thursday, South Korea has referred to North Korea as “enemy”, marking the first time in six years that South Korea has resumed a hostile demeanor. clearly with North Korea like this It signaled South Korea’s more aggressive stance towards Pyongyang.
technically South and North Korea are still considered at war following the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty. And following a rare diplomatic failure in 2019, talks between the two nations stalled following North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled the development of North Korea’s military.
Leader Kim declared last year that North Korea is an invincible nuclear nation. And also continued to test weapons in the arsenal almost every month including the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
In response to the above move The South Korean government, led by President Yun Seok Yeol, is a hawkish leader. held a joint military maneuver with the United States which is often its own key security ally. The white paper, a new South Korean defense report, was released on Thursday. It has referred to North Korea as an “enemy” of South Korea.
The white paper states that “North Korea has defined us as In December 2022, the North Korean regime and the North Korean military, the main agents of its activities, were declared ‘true enemies’. therefore are our enemies.”
Analysts commented on this development. This gesture shows that relations between the two Koreas are fraught with confrontation. which also gives a throwback to the Cold War era.
South Korea’s semi-annual defense white paper It first branded North Korea an enemy of South Korea in 1994 following it threatened to fire on South Korea. South Korea used this word until regarding 2000, before it was discontinued just a few years ago. It returned to use in 2010 following North Korea accused North Korea of sinking a South Korean warship. As a result, 46 sailors were killed, and South Korea dropped the term once more under President Moon Chae-in, who advocated a policy of involvement with North Korea.
