Yoon lauds nuclear progress at US-ROK summit, but critics remain unconvinced



Analysis Yoon lauds nuclear progress at US-ROK summit, but critics remain unconvinced Experts say nuclear consultation deal is unlikely to ease ROK public’s doubts about US or enthusiasm for nuke program John LeeApril 27, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden welcome ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee to the White House, April 26, 2023 \| Image: ROK Presidential Office Traveling to the U.S. this week for his second summit with U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol aimed in part to boost his popularity with a public that increasingly wants Seoul to have more say in U.S. nuclear weapons use — or even its own bomb. But following the release of the summit outcome on Wednesday, experts are divided about the efficacy of the new nuclear consultation framework that the two leaders agreed to and whether it will satisfy South Koreans who have called for an indigenous nuclear weapons program. Yoon portrayed the Washington Declarationas a © 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 bank hacks expose weak links beyond core financial systems 02Lee-Zelensky feud exposes South Korea’s widening Ukraine policy dilemma 03Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 04Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 05North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 06South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 07AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 08South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics

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Yoon lauds nuclear progress at US-ROK summit, but critics remain unconvinced

Experts say nuclear consultation deal is unlikely to ease ROK public’s doubts about US or enthusiasm for nuke program

John LeeApril 27, 2023

Yoon lauds nuclear progress at US-ROK summit, but critics remain unconvinced

US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden welcome ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol and first lady Kim Keon-hee to the White House, April 26, 2023 | Image: ROK Presidential Office

Traveling to the U.S. this week for his second summit with U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol aimed in part to boost his popularity with a public that increasingly wants Seoul to have more say in U.S. nuclear weapons use — or even its own bomb.

But following the release of the summit outcome on Wednesday, experts are divided about the efficacy of the new nuclear consultation framework that the two leaders agreed to and whether it will satisfy South Koreans who have called for an indigenous nuclear weapons program.

Yoon portrayed the Washington Declarationas a

Yoon lauds nuclear progress at US-ROK summit, but critics remain unconvinced

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