According to a report by North Korea’s official media KCNA on the 28th, North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly unanimously approved a constitutional amendment, which clearly stipulates that North Korea will “achieve advanced nuclear weapons development to ensure the country’s right to survival and development, curb war, and maintain regional peace.” World peace and stability”. Kim Jong-un said during the meeting that “North Korea must quickly strengthen its nuclear force in terms of quality and quantity.”
In this regard, Su Ziyun, director of Taiwan’s National Defense Strategy and Resources Institute, told our reporter that North Korea’s move is unnecessary. It only uses nuclear weapons as a legal argument and is completely unnecessary. “‘Non-nuclear proliferation’ is an international consensus. Countries that have signed it have coercive power, and countries that have not signed it have no coercive power. However, the international community has a negative attitude towards the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Therefore, he himself declared it through the Constitution , then it only has domestic effects but not international effects, so it is said that it is unnecessary.”
Kim Jong-un pointed the finger at the United States during the meeting, saying, “Today, when the United States’ anti-North Korean military provocations have reached their peak, accelerating the advancement of nuclear weapons has become a very important issue.” He also urged officials to “further strengthen solidarity with anti-American countries” and denounced “trilateral cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan as an ‘Asian version of NATO'”.
In response to North Korea’s nuclear weapons policy being enshrined in the constitution, South Korea emphasized that South Korea, the United States and Japan will respond overwhelmingly and work with the international community to strengthen sanctions and pressure on North Korea to prompt Pyongyang to give up the idea of developing nuclear weapons. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said that amending the constitution for nuclear weapons shows that North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons. The ministry reiterated that the use of nuclear weapons would inevitably lead to the demise of the North Korean regime.
Japan believes that North Korea’s actions are “absolutely unacceptable.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hiroyuki said North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and missiles threatens the peace and security of Japan and the international community.
In March this year, U.S. Department of Defense spokesman General Ryder warned the Kim Jong-un regime that if the North Korean army uses nuclear weapons, the United States will unceremoniously end the Kim family’s regime.
Su Ziyun analyzed this: “Since the Cold War, the United States has adopted the concept of extended deterrence. For example, to Japan and South Korea, it is to dissuade them from developing nuclear weapons. It has provided guarantees because it has formally signed a defense treaty, including traditional Deterrence also includes nuclear deterrence. That is, if the enemy uses nuclear weapons against Japan and South Korea, the United States may use nuclear weapons to fight back. Therefore, Japan and South Korea do not need to develop nuclear weapons, and other traditional weapons can be quickly strengthened. . For example, South Korea has demonstrated precision missiles and so on, which is a competition between nuclear weapons and precision ammunition. Nuclear weapons are about mass destruction, and precision ammunition is about precision strikes, so there is no need for nuclear weapons.”
“Nuclear weapons are basically a tool of psychological deterrence. South Korea brought out their precise long-range missiles to warn Kim Jong-un that no matter where he is hiding, as long as he is targeted, precision ammunition can still find him. That’s probably it. Intention.” Su Ziyun further mentioned.
In addition to developing nuclear weapons, North Korea is also actively moving closer to Russia. In mid-September, Kim Jong-un paid a high-profile week-long visit to Russia. The United States, Japan and South Korea are concerned that North Korea may seek technical assistance for its nuclear and missile programmes. The actions of North Korea and Russia also make the CCP feel uneasy.
Some analysts believe that as a trump card for the CCP to contain the United States, Japan, South Korea and Western society, once North Korea becomes powerful on its own and forms a substantial alliance with Russia, it may not only escape the control of the CCP, but also pose a threat to the CCP itself. At present, the only country that can truly compete with North Korea militarily is South Korea.
After President Yoon Seok-yue of South Korea came to power, he changed his predecessor’s policy of fearing and being pro-Communist. He not only quickly strengthened the military alliance between South Korea and the United States, but also actively repaired relations between South Korea and Japan. At present, the United States, Japan and South Korea have formed a triangular alliance. The changes in geopolitics have made the CCP very passive. In this context, Xi Jinping began to take the initiative to show goodwill to South Korea.
South Korean officials recently revealed to the media that before the opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games, when Xi Jinping met with South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo, he offered to seriously consider visiting South Korea, was willing to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries, and welcomed the holding of a trilateral summit between China, Japan and South Korea.
Independent writer Zhuge Mingyang believes that once South Korea gets rid of its dependence on the CCP in exports and supply chains, the CCP will lose control of South Korea and its right to speak on the Korean Peninsula. This not only affects the CCP’s economy, but also makes the CCP more passive geopolitically. This should be one of the important reasons why Xi Jinping is eager to show goodwill to South Korea.
He further said, “Xi Jinping probably hopes to use the opportunity of his visit to South Korea to encourage left-wing pro-communist forces in South Korea to put pressure on the Yun Xiyue government, thereby damaging the relationship between the United States, Japan and South Korea.”
Current commentator Li Yiming told The Epoch Times, “Faced with such a troubled situation, if Xi Jinping can repair relations with South Korea, it may relieve internal pressure. But Yin Xiyue, who is determined to resist the Communist Party, may not buy his account. The CCP is about to perish. No one can change God’s will.”
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2023-09-29 05:05:53
