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      Participants wave yellow balloons reading "End the Korean War" during a peace festival

      As Congress Once Again Calls for End of Korean War, It's Time for Biden to Listen

      Formally ending the Korean War with a peace agreement provides an opportunity for cooperation between all parties and could act as a stepping stone to reversing the militarization in the Asia-Pacific region and healing historic wounds.

      Colleen Moore
      Mar 17, 2023

      This week, the United States and South Korea kicked off their springtime joint military drills—the largest in five years. North Korea has long protested these war drills, calling them a rehearsal for invasion. Not surprisingly, then, North Korea conducted submarine-fired cruise missiles tests on Sunday.

      We can expect these tit-for-tat provocations to continue as long as everyone continues to go by the same playbook. While the United States cannot control North Korea's behavior, the Biden administration can take steps to end the tensions that have permeated the Korean Peninsula for more than 70 years—chiefly, by pivoting its strategy toward getting back to the table with North Korea and negotiating a peace agreement. The Biden administration should follow the lead of Congress, which is once again calling for a peace-first approach to formally end the Korean War.

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      South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for a G20 summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian island of Bali, on November 15, 2022.

      ​'Outrageous': South Korean President Under Fire for Considering Nuclear Weapons

      "More nukes means a more dangerous world—period," said Global Zero. "We need diplomacy now."

      Jessica Corbett
      Jan 12, 2023

      South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stoked global alarm on Wednesday by suggesting for the first time that his country would consider building nuclear weapons or asking the United States to redeploy them in response to the threat posed by North Korea.

      "It's possible that the problem gets worse and our country will introduce tactical nuclear weapons or build them on our own," Yoon said during a policy briefing with his defense and foreign ministries, according toThe New York Times. "If that's the case, we can have our own nuclear weapons pretty quickly, given our scientific and technological capabilities."

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      Prospects for World Peace After South Korean President Yoon's Acceptance of Biden's New Cold War

      The newly inaugurated Yoon administration and his rushed alliance with the Biden administration's new Cold War clearly mark a missed opportunity to follow the path of cooperation and collaboration.

      Seung Hee Jeon
      Jun 27, 2022

      During his campaign, presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to end "forever wars." After taking office, in January 2021, during his first State of the Union address, he explained that his administration would be committed to "engaging our adversaries and our competitors diplomatically." Consider, however, the phrase modifying it, i.e., "where it's in our interest." This focus, of course, is related to the growing sense in the U.S. of threats to its global supremacy. With the rise of many developing economies, in particular, the Chinese economy, the U.S.'s position as the sole global superpower has been challenged. In response, the Trump administration began a trade war with China, which aggravated the antagonism between the two countries and ushered in a more unstable world. Despite Biden's campaign promise of diplomacy over conflict, his administration has been intent on enhancing and amplifying Trump's anti-China policy. This undertaking has led to a full-out China containment policy, as represented by the appointment of Kurt Campbell, a prominent anti-China ideologue, as the first National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific.

      First and foremost, what we should not forget is that the South Korean polls have consistently shown overwhelming support for a phased, negotiation-based approach to the denuclearization of North Korea.

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