He has concentrated the nation’s diplomatic energy on an end-of-war declaration ever since he raised the issue in his address at the UN General Assembly in September. Yet it is questionable if it could be snapped back easily.ĭespite Pyongyang offering absurd preconditions and Washington being negative, Moon won’t let go. The government in Seoul argues that an end-of-war declaration is only a political and symbolic step that could be reversed if need be. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the US and South Korea may have somewhat different perspectives on the precise sequence or timing or conditions for different steps. Washington recently put the brakes on Seoul’s impatience. It has offered preconditions just for discussion of the issue, not for an end-of-war declaration itself. The North, which had been unresponsive to the South’s proposals at first, seems to be seeking to take advantage of Moon’s obsession. Without a doubt, these are demands that would jeopardize the nation’s security, and yet the Moon administration is pushing almost blindly for an end-of-war declaration - or even for inter-Korean dialogue to that end. A formal end to the war would only obscure the mandate of the UN Command - created under US leadership after the Korean War broke out - and ultimately of the US forces stationed in South Korea. But with the war over, North Korea would likely demand the dissolution of the United Nations Command and the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea. The Moon regime argues that an end-of-war declaration would open the way for denuclearization. The lifting of economic sanctions is also an unacceptable demand. Suspension of the South Korea-US combined exercises will not only imperil the South’s security but also weaken the alliance.
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It has tested an array of missiles while reportedly reactivating its nuclear facilities. South Korea and the US have already reduced their combined drills, both to ease inter-Korean tensions and due to the coronavirus pandemic, to the extent that there is great concern about preparedness.Ībove all, there is no chance of Pyongyang giving up on its nuclear weapons. North Korea is said to have demanded, as preconditions for talks on declaring the end of the Korean War, that South Korea and the United States stop their combined military exercises and that economic sanctions against Pyongyang be lifted.Ī lawmaker who attended a parliamentary audit of the National Intelligence Service on Thursday told reporters later that the agency’s chief had made the revelation.
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