South Korea will not deploy military to get involved in Middle East conflict despite Trumps pressure.https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-lee-says-will-not-deploy-military-get-involved-middle-east-conflict-2026-09-18/South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ruled out military deployment to the Middle East conflict to avoid foreign entanglement while protecting core national interests. The national interest is preventing South Korea from being drawn into foreign warfare or combat operations linked to the US/Israel-Iran conflict and instead keeping military assets and strategic focus concentrated on security priorities on the Korean Peninsula. Rather than military action, South Korea relies on strategic petroleum reserves, emergency supply diversification, and diplomatic efforts to manage energy disruptions. South Korea engages in pragmatic diplomacy with Iran to safeguard energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz without military involvement. Seoul refrains from joining US-led combat missions, prompting Tehran to designate South Korea a non-hostile nation. Both countries maintain direct diplomatic channels to coordinate vessel manifests and transit schedules, securing Iranian clearance and safe maritime routing for South Korean oil tankers.
Now we know why Glenn is being cucked in the TWD spinoff
>>542823574>in b4 they start having mysterious unprecedented train derailments
SK is literally a slave country to US.
>>542825354Jared Kushner: "There's no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies"South Koreas president gave a striking and brutal reply to Trumps plan to reduce joint military drills.https://x.com/Jaemyung_Lee/status/2090089417751036398He notes South Korea is developing “sufficient capability to take full responsibility for defending the Korean Peninsula ourselves,” and backs “scaling back combined exercises and field training” as a way to “create conditions for dialogue aimed at building a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.” In polite diplomatic terms, this comes very close to arguing that the US military presence is more problem than solution and Amerimutts should already pack their bags xD. Reducing US military presence in SK - and eventually ending it, with South Korea fully handling its own defense - is presented as the positive path. This undercuts the “indispensable nation” idea: if those you claim to protect welcome your pullback and say they’ll manage on their own, how indispensable are you really?
>>542825487by SK law during war US takes control over their army.They also have absolutely brutal draft rules and one of the biggest armies in the world.Current president is trying to change this situation to no avail.
>>542825676OPCON is governed by bilateral international treaties, not SK domestic legislation. OPCON transition is a mutually agreed policy between Washington and Seoul. South Korea successfully reclaimed peacetime OPCON in 1994. Full wartime OPCON transfer is an ongoing conditions-based roadmap tied to military capability milestones. As a sovereign state, South Korea retains the full legal right to alter or terminate bilateral agreements like OPCON. SK can renegotiate terms or withdraw from the arrangement at any time under international law.
>>542827038are you literally a fucking bot? your replies are complete trash I'm not even going to read this
>>542827131Dude, you confuse domestic/constitutional law with flexible treaties. You treat Wartime OPCON as an unchangeable domestic statute hardcoded into ROK law mistaking a bilateral treaty for internal legislation. There is no space for discussion then.
Baded Kimchi of forget-me-not comfort women.
>>542827335are you a fucking bot? answer the question.
>>542827449Fuck off, retard xD
>>542825354>>542825676>>542827131>>542827449India will die in nuclear fire, remember this. Fuck your questions, shitjeet, go die in the sun already.
>>542825354When your "vassals and slaves" are starting to revolt, you're in trouble, baby, you're in trouble.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f6tbADBf6Bw&list
>>542827434Mmm...comfort women
>>542823574>South Korea will not deploy military to get involved in Middle East conflict despite Trumps pressure.>South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ruled out military deployment to the Middle East conflict to avoid foreign entanglement while protecting core national interests. The national interest is preventing South Korea from being drawn into foreign warfare or combat operations linked to the US/Israel-Iran conflict and instead keeping military assets and strategic focus concentrated on security priorities on the Korean Peninsula.>Rather than military action, South Korea relies on strategic petroleum reserves, emergency supply diversification, and diplomatic efforts to manage energy disruptions. South Korea engages in pragmatic diplomacy with Iran to safeguard energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz without military involvement. Seoul refrains from joining US-led combat missions, prompting Tehran to designate South Korea a non-hostile nation. Both countries maintain direct diplomatic channels to coordinate vessel manifests and transit schedules, securing Iranian clearance and safe maritime routing for South Korean oil tankers.
>>542827577Mmmmm...so so comfortable
>>542825487Americans have always been throw away
>>542828638South Korea possesses world-class commercial nuclear infrastructure, extensive technical expertise, advanced delivery systems like Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missiles, SLBMs etc etc. Top tier analysts estimate Seoul could produce nukes within 6 to 12 months if it weaponized its fuel cycle. Shedding US military alignment removes Pyongyangs primary threat perception (joint drills and US decapitation strikes) enabling direct bilateral peace negotiations and economic co-development. China is SKs top trading partner, accounting for roughly 20% of ROK trade. Supply chains for critical minerals, electronics, and batteries keep this economic dependency deeply tied to China. While Beijing opposes proliferation, its primary security threat is US encirclement. A sovereign, neutral, nuclear South Korea that dismantles American military bases removes a major US strategic foothold from Chinas immediate border, this is a structural trade-off Beijing could rationally prefer over a US garrison imo. China holds absolute leverage (like 100%) over NK. NK regime depends almost entirely on Chinese supply chains for vital energy, food, and trade, without this lifeline, Pyongyang could not survive more than a few weeks. Consequently, China possesses the unique economic leverage required to compel North Korea to the negotiating table positioning Beijing as the essential power capable of facilitating direct inter-Korean negotiations. What kind of leverage the USrael has on North Korea? Literally none. It is actually NK having very advanced ICBM tech capable to nuke entire States xD
reminder to ignore polish flags
>>542829264Japan holds roughly 45 metric tons of separated plutonium through commercial reprocessing, while South Korea operates over 25 reactors alongside advanced pyroprocessing R&D. In contrast Taiwan has largely phased out nuclear energy and possesses zero domestic enrichment or spent-fuel reprocessing capabilities. South Korea fields advanced ballistic tech and submarine-launched weapons, while Japan maintains solid-fueled space rockets easily convertible into ICBMs. Taiwan produces tactical cruise missiles, but it lacks the heavy aerospace base, space launch capabilities and strategic delivery platforms necessary for nuclear deterrence. Furthermore following the American dismantling of Taiwans covert program in the 1980s, Taipei remains under permanent intrusive surveillance by both Washington and Beijing. Any Taiwanese effort would serve as an immediate casus belli for Chinese preemption. South Korea and Japan having nukes doesnt mean that Taiwan would get them. A nuclear-armed South Korea and Japan would oppose a nuclear Taiwan because Taipei attempting a nuclear breakout would act as an immediate casus belli for a Chinese invasion catastrophically disrupting vital maritime trade routes. Additionally once Seoul and Tokyo achieve independent nuclear deterrence, a nuclear Taiwan creates reckless strategic volatility and entrapment risks without offering any defensive benefit to their own security.
