After being scolded by Trump, South Korea has been receiving bad news one after another, which was intended to deter Kim Jong-un, but it has turned out to be a bad idea and made the North Korea’s trousseau. The situation on the peninsula may change dramatically, and China must be vigilant.
Trump.
A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Trump repeatedly complained about tariffs in his speech to Congress, emphasizing the problems related to South Korea. Trump said with righteous indignation South Korea’s tariffs are four times those of the United States! And yet the U.S. provides South Korea with a lot of help, military and otherwise . However, it is worth noting that Trump did not provide evidence for this statement.
The Yonhap news agency reported that the South Korean government has responded in the first place, saying that the matter of 4 times the tariffs is not true, but now that South Korea has an acting presidential system, normal diplomacy has been paralyzed, so it is difficult for acting president Choi Sang-moo to seize the opportunity to explain the situation to Trump.
U.S. troops in South Korea
This tariff rebuke by Trump, with special mention of military help to South Korea, is clearly an attempt to use the military as a threat to force South Korea to make concessions on its interests. South Korea naturally also heard, Yonhap News Agency report emphasized that Trump may ask the South Korean government in the future to further adjust upward the share of South Korea’s share of defense costs, and the stability of the U.S. forces in South Korea is likely to be shaken as a result.
It is important to know that South Korea has always regarded the U.S. forces in South Korea as an important killer mace in the dispute on the peninsula, and now Trump is using this as a threat, which means that this leverage has loosened, which naturally makes South Korea panic. But this is not enough, recently South Korea can be described as frequent bad news.
South Korean warplanes mistakenly bombed
On Thursday, a number of South Korean media reported that South Korean warplanes mistakenly dropped eight bombs on a residential area during a military exercise. It was reported that the South Korean Air Force was conducting a joint live-fire exercise with the U.S. and deployed two KF 16 fighter jets, and one of the pilots entered the wrong coordinates, and then each of the two jets dropped four bombs, and it is unclear why the other jet also dropped bombs. So far, 15 people have been injured.
The location of the mistaken bombing is located in Bucheon, which is close to the inter-Korean border, which means that the intention of this US-South Korean military exercise was probably to deter North Korea, but it made a big joke, not only demoralizing its own family, but also further lowering the trust of the people in the country, instead of doing a favor to the North Korean side.
Streets of Seoul
In addition, according to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean lawmakers recently visited Ukraine and interviewed two North Korean prisoners of war, one of whom said that the North Korean side has a large number of training grounds simulating the topography of the Jongno-gu area of Seoul, Pusan, Daegu, Chunju, Jeju, in Goksan-gun, in a facility called the Ministry of Military Forces’ Training Ground.
Asked whether North Korea is preparing for a southward invasion, the South Korean lawmaker replied in the affirmative, saying that Pyongyang is training to deal with unexpected situations. Apparently, the South Korean side also realizes that North Korea never stops its war preparations deployment while South Korea is in a mess at home and abroad.
Kim Jong-un.
The winds on the peninsula are changing dramatically today, with North Korea vaguely gaining the upper hand, but the South Korean side is bound to make the next move. Judging from the current stance of South Korea, the South Korean side is very worried about the stability of the U.S. forces in South Korea, so it is likely to give up some of the tariff benefits in the future, in exchange for further U.S. military support. North Korea has always regarded the U.S. and South Korea’s military cooperation as the biggest threat, Kim Jong-un will naturally have a tougher counterattack.
The peninsula is close to China, and once a hot conflict breaks out at the 38th parallel, it will definitely affect China and all the countries in the region. Therefore, the Chinese side must be vigilant and fully prepared to deal with any possible scenario on the peninsula to ensure that its own interests will not be affected.
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