South Korea says “Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is correct”, and the United States says “Denuclearization of North Korea is correct”

Input 2021.03.19 10:57

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After the inauguration of the Biden administration, the United States has been using the expression’denuclearization of North Korea’ in relation to the North Korean nuclear issue. However, Korea uses the expression’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’. At a press conference between US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln and Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong, when Secretary of State Blincoln made a “denuclearization of North Korea”, the minister also showed that “denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is a more correct expression.” However, the US State Department said on the 18th (local time) that the expression’denuclearization of North Korea’ was intended to emphasize North Korea’s illegal weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It is an explanation that the two expressions have a slight difference in meaning.

On the previous day (17th) at the Korea-US Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers’ Meeting (2+2 meeting) held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, “We are committed to the denuclearization of North Korea.” He also mentioned China, saying, “China can play a very important role. It is to persuade North Korea to denuclearize.” Consistently, the term’denuclearization of North Korea’ was used.

On the other hand, Minister Eui-Yong Eui evolved when the expression’denuclearization of North Korea’ appeared repeatedly. “We have declared that denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is denuclearization of the two Koreas,” he said. “What we mark as denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is that since we have denuclearized, North Korea and us intend to denuclearize together according to the 1991 agreement. “I know enough of my intentions.”

Regarding this remark, the US State Department spokesman’s office said, “The expression of North Korea’s denuclearization is not new,” in a request for comment on Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA). “As stated in several UN Security Council resolutions, North Korea’s mass destruction “This is to emphasize the fact that weapons programs are illegal and pose a threat to peace and security in the international community.”

Some observers say that Biden’s administration does not use the term’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’ that the Trump administration has been using to avoid getting caught up in North Korea’s intentions. It is argued that North Korea understands’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’ as a concept that includes not only the nuclear weapons it possesses, but also the nuclear umbrella the United States provides to South Korea and the withdrawal of US forces in Korea.

Evans Revere, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, told RFA that “’denuclearization of North Korea’ and’denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’ are different concepts. “It’s just to make it clear.” “As North Korea has often stated,’denuclearization of the Korean peninsula’ does not mean’denuclearization of North Korea’,” he said. “It refers to the removal of the ROK-US alliance, the US forces in Korea, and the nuclear umbrella of the United States, which North Korea regards as a threat.”

“The Biden administration calls’denuclearization of North Korea’ to avoid confusion about the concept of denuclearization at the time of the Trump administration,” said Robert Manning, a senior research fellow at the Atlantic Council, a US private research institute. It is called’North Korea denuclearization’ in order to eliminate ambiguity about the US goal,” he explained.