South Korea’s Yoon says higher Japan ties serving to deter North Korea risk |

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol mentioned on Friday improved ties with Japan have been serving to to fight threats from Pyongyang’s weapons developments and known as for assist from the worldwide group to result in unification with North Korea. Beneath Yoon’s conservative administration, Seoul has sought higher ties with Tokyo which have been fraught with historic baggage for years at a time of China’s rising affect and North Korea’s rising missile and nuclear packages. Throughout a ceremony to mark an independence vacation, Yoon mentioned subsequent 12 months can be the sixtieth anniversary of normalised diplomatic relations with Japan and he hoped it could possibly be an opportunity for the bilateral relationship to succeed in a “higher level.” “Now, South Korea and Japan are working together to overcome the painful past and moving toward a ‘new world’,” he mentioned in a speech to commemorate the formation of an independence motion towards Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation of Korea. “The security cooperation between the two countries against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats has been strengthened further,” he added. Throughout his speech, Yoon mentioned that Seoul would want worldwide assist for any prospect of unification with North Korea. “Unification is a challenging task that we cannot accomplish alone. The international community must pool its strength in a responsible manner,” he mentioned. Yoon’s feedback come after the North’s chief Kim Jong Un in January known as South Korea a “primary foe” and mentioned unification was now not doable. Tensions have additionally elevated on the Korean peninsula following intensifying navy drills by the South Korean and US militaries, typically involving Japan, in response to weapons testing by the North, which mentioned it was readying for a “nuclear war” with its enemies. South Korea’s authorities would proceed to offer help for North Korean defectors, Yoon mentioned, accusing Pyongyang of “tyranny and human rights abuses.”

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