“Pro-Japanese/anti-Japanese split, keep them in the past
When trust is built, the past will be resolved.”
Strengthening the Korea-US alliance… In contrast to Lee
North Korea’s nuclear issue ‘compensation after denuclearization first’
By Huh Jung-ho, senior staff reporter
The People’s Power Presidential Candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, in his diplomatic and security pledges, advocates a traditional conservative position, such as strengthening the South Korea-US alliance, improving Korea-Japan relations, and promoting the denuclearization of North Korea, and is putting forward a ‘counter-question (anti-Moon Jae-in)’ keynote. He emphasized the value of flexible and practical remuneration by concentrating on improving the relations between Korea and Japan, which had been strained during the Moon Jae-in administration, while at the same time promising not to ignore the issues of the past.
In a keynote speech at the ‘2021 Korasia Forum’ held at a hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 25th, Candidate Yoon said, “After entering the current government, Korea-Japan relations have reached the worst since the normalization of diplomatic relations. We will create a future-oriented Korea-Japan relationship without using “We want to open a Korea-Japan shuttle diplomacy channel as soon as possible,” he said.
The issue of Korea-Japan relations is one of the major diplomatic issues that Yoon has criticized the Moon Jae-in administration so far. Candidate Yoon diagnosed the cause of the crunch, saying, “It is not because the national interest is put first, but because diplomacy has entered domestic politics.” emphasized.
He continued, “I don’t mean to cover up the problems of the past and go away. No matter how difficult the issues are, if we can build trust to find and solve them, we will definitely be able to overcome the problems of the past.” If the ‘Yun Seok Passion Government’ is born, it is expected that a forward-looking diplomatic contact with Japan will be made.
Candidate Yoon is focusing on strengthening the ROK-US alliance above all else. In the multilateral relationship surrounding Korea, this contrasts with candidate Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea, who succeeded the Moon Jae-in administration’s ‘driver theory on the Korean Peninsula’. Candidate Yoon said that the ROK-U.S. alliance should be strongly reestablished and procedures should be established between the ROK and the US to discuss the deployment of nuclear weapons in case of emergency. He also said that he would “join the global solidarity of liberal democracy” based on the establishment of a ‘comprehensive strategic alliance’ in diplomacy with the US. To this end, it continues to participate in the ‘Quad’ working group, a consultative body of the four countries of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India, and argues that a cooperative system with ‘Five Ice’, an alliance of confidential information between the United States and Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and New Zealand, is necessary. did.
On the North Korean nuclear issue, Candidate Yoon also advocated a ‘compensation after denuclearization first’ based on the ‘counter-question’ principle. However, the North Korean leadership showed a flexible stance, announcing that it would promote economic support and cooperative projects with North Korea if there is substantial progress even before complete denuclearization is achieved. He also announced that he would prepare a plan for a joint economic development between the two Koreas in preparation for the post-denuclearization phase. He also proposed the establishment of a ‘permanent inter-Korean liaison office’ to transform inter-Korean relations into inter-Korean relations of openness, communication and cooperation.
As for the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, he opposes it, saying, “It is not possible because it is a form of recognizing North Korea’s possession of nuclear weapons.” At first, it had a conditionally positive stance on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, but changed its stance to the complete opposite. He emphasized the state’s efforts, saying, “We must work to solve the problems of improving the human rights of North Koreans and the issues of prisoners of war and abductees”, which the current administration was reluctant to discuss.
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