As Seoul joins NATO cyber group, Chinese propagandist threatens Ukraine ‘path’



Analysis As Seoul joins NATO cyber group, Chinese propagandist threatens Ukraine ‘path’ Threatening to invade South Korea will do little to improve the image of China among the ROK public John LeeMay 6, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON South Korean President Moon Jae-in holds summit talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Dec. 2019 \| Image: Moon Jae-in via Twitter A former editor at China’s state-run Global Times tabloid appeared to threaten South Korea with a “path” like Ukraine, an ominous sign for ROK-China relations as Seoul prepares for a new president next week. The message was in response to South Korea becoming the first Asian country to join NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). “If South Korea takes a path of turning hostile against its neighbors, the end of this path could be a Ukraine,” tweeted Hu Xijin on Thursday. Russia, Ukraine’s much larger neighbor, invaded the country in February after Moscow accused Kyiv of, among © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01South Korea’s won faces a new test as foreign bond buying loses momentum 02Trump’s Russian diesel deal may leave South Korea’s refining boom intact 03Trump’s Alaska LNG claim shows who really runs the US-South Korea alliance 04South Korea’s missile defense push raises new questions over wartime stocks 05South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems 06Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma 07Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 08Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls

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As Seoul joins NATO cyber group, Chinese propagandist threatens Ukraine ‘path’

Threatening to invade South Korea will do little to improve the image of China among the ROK public

John LeeMay 6, 2022

As Seoul joins NATO cyber group, Chinese propagandist threatens Ukraine ‘path’

South Korean President Moon Jae-in holds summit talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Dec. 2019 | Image: Moon Jae-in via Twitter

A former editor at China’s state-run Global Times tabloid appeared to threaten South Korea with a “path” like Ukraine, an ominous sign for ROK-China relations as Seoul prepares for a new president next week.

The message was in response to South Korea becoming the first Asian country to join NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).

“If South Korea takes a path of turning hostile against its neighbors, the end of this path could be a Ukraine,” tweeted Hu Xijin on Thursday. Russia, Ukraine’s much larger neighbor, invaded the country in February after Moscow accused Kyiv of, among

LATEST ANALYSIS

01South Korea’s won faces a new test as foreign bond buying loses momentum
02Trump’s Russian diesel deal may leave South Korea’s refining boom intact
03Trump’s Alaska LNG claim shows who really runs the US-South Korea alliance
04South Korea’s missile defense push raises new questions over wartime stocks
05South Korea bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems
06Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma
07Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump
08Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls

As Seoul joins NATO cyber group, Chinese propagandist threatens Ukraine ‘path’

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