South Korea's foreign minister told the country's legislature Wednesday that developing nuclear weapons is not off the table

Building nuclear weapons could be South Korea’s “plan B” in an increasingly “unpredictable” security landscape, Seoul’s top diplomat told the country’s legislature Wednesday.

The remarks from Foriegn Minister Cho Tae-yul signal that the U.S. ally could back away from its Seoul’s recent Biden-eracommitment not to develop nuclear weapons.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I don’t think China explicitly wanted Trump, unlike Russia. China just wanted to sow disarray in the US.

      • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        True. I don’t think though that they realize that the orange toddler will not act rationally in regards to them. If Putin orders it he will go after them.

      • PlasticLove@lemmy.today
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        2 days ago

        Well they sowed disarray during a time that was only favourable to Trump. Not like they could expect a different outcome.

    • dmalteseknightEnglish
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      1 day ago

      To be fair, Trump seems to be harsher on western allies than China.

  • sasquash@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I have been saying it since the Russian attack on Ukraine: the only thing that effectively protects a country is nuclear deterrence.

    Every country with unfriendly neighbors should seek nuclear weapons. This is the world in we live now. Many thanks to Russia and Vladimir Putin. And Trump is only accelerating this development.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Canada needs to make a single nuke and make it clear that that nuke is pointed directly at Mar a Lago and not anywhere else.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Golly gee, I wonder who could’ve predicted this, other than fucking everyone with an IQ above room temperature.