{"id":2200755,"date":"2023-04-20T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200755"},"modified":"2023-04-19T17:26:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T08:26:03","slug":"south-korean-military-aid-for-ukraine-if-under-a-large-scale-civilian-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/04\/south-korean-military-aid-for-ukraine-if-under-a-large-scale-civilian-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean military aid for Ukraine if \u2018under a large-scale civilian attack\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/south-koreas-yoon-opens-door-possible-military-aid-ukraine-2023-04-19\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ahead of his state visit to the U.S. next week that South Korea might provide military aid to Ukraine if \u201cit comes under a large-scale civilian attack.\u201d It marks the first time that Seoul has suggested a willingness to provide direct military aid to Ukraine. South Korea has only provided humanitarian assistance thus far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf there is a situation the international community cannot condone, such as any large-scale attack on civilians, massacre or serious violation of the laws of war, it might be difficult for us to insist only on humanitarian or financial support,\u201d Yoon said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although South Korea has only provided humanitarian aid in direct assistance to Ukraine, it has already provided military aid indirectly. Seoul <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/south-korea-lend-500000-rounds-artillery-shells-us-report-2023-04-12\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to \u201clend\u201d the U.S. 500,000 rounds of 155 millimeters artillery shells that Washington could use to supply Ukraine. Seoul also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/seoul-approved-polands-export-howitzers-with-skorean-parts-ukraine-official-says-2023-03-08\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approved<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> export licenses last year for Poland to provide Ukraine with Krab howitzers, which are built with South Korean components.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoon did not elaborate on the caveat he provided \u2014 large-scale civilian attack \u2014 especially as Ukraine has come under civilian attack throughout the war. He also did not provide any firm commitments regarding the timeline or the kinds of weapons or munitions he intends to provide. Yoon said during the interview, \u201cHowever, considering our relationship with the parties engaged in the war and developments in the battlefield, we will take the most appropriate measures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as he is meeting with Biden in a week, there is a good chance that Washington will press Yoon for firm commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domestic opposition has been swift. Park Yong-jin, a Democratic Party (DP) lawmaker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yongjin.bag\/posts\/pfbid04vx1tJJVcTufPPJ12ybbqxBTNbtCTy8JNme5KkQk8JeSbxEPagADP3KrcdnXnHfWl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on social media that providing military aid to Ukraine is a hasty choice that will lead to national disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had suggested before that we should expel all black-haired foreigners from the Yongsan Presidential Office,\u201d Park added. \u201cThe President must stop behaving like such a black-haired foreigner who prioritizes the national interest of the United States over those of the Republic of Korea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBlack-haired foreigner\u201d is a slur that refers to treasonous Koreans who act in the interest of foreigners. Former DP spokesperson Lee Hae-sik previously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joongang.co.kr\/amparticle\/23415788\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the slur in 2019 against a Korean reporter who worked for a foreign news company for writing an article titled, \u201cSouth Korea\u2019s Moon Becomes Kim Jong Un\u2019s Top Spokesman at UN.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/domestic-politics\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Domestic Politics<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in an interview with Reuters ahead of his state visit to the U.S. next week that South Korea might provide military aid to Ukraine if \u201cit comes under a large-scale civilian attack.\u201d It marks the first time that Seoul has suggested a willingness to provide direct military aid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2200757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[27,28],"class_list":["post-2200755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefings","tag-domestic-politics","tag-inter-korean-foreign-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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