In , South Korea handed command authority of its troops to the U. Under the current arrangement, the U. Some left-leaning South Korean politicians object to that prospect and want the arrangement to be changed as soon as possible. Chun, the former lieutenant-general, disagreed. Such a transition, he said, could jeopardize the U. The issue already causes friction in the U. South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he would like to complete the transfer by the end of his term in May In fact, the U.
Many South Korean analysts believe the Korean peninsula is a core national interest for the United States. Opinion polls suggest broad public support in both countries for the U. There are no signs that will change, especially as the U.
Most notably, mass protests in led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, who was later convicted in a corruption scandal that could eventually see her jailed for over 20 years. There have also been instances of South Korean protesters attempting to breach the legislature. Kim Ha-neul, a year-old nurse who lives in Seoul, said she was surprised to see such intense unrest in the United States.
Scores of legal challenges by Trump and his allies have failed. Instead, Trump attempted to convince Republican members of Congress, as well as Vice President Mike Pence, to delay or overturn the results of the election using a largely ceremonial parliamentary procedure meant to count the electoral votes.
Hours before the vote-counting meeting convened Wednesday, Trump addressed a crowd of supporters on the National Mall, urging them to relocate to the nearby Capitol. A short time later, the chaos ensued, prompting Trump to send follow-up messages encouraging his supporters to be peaceful and then go home. Once the Capitol was secured, lawmakers reconvened and eventually certified the election results, meaning Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. The White House later released a statement insisting Trump would commit to an "orderly transition.
The situation continues to destabilize the entire East Asian region and poses a serious threat to world peace. In addition to the horrors endured by American and Korean soldiers on both sides, Korean civilians, especially women and children, bore the brunt of the war.
People that it hit would be just dead, burnt, dead. One time, our airstrikes hit [one of our units] and destroyed almost half of them by mistake. Bruce Cumings argued that the war was not worth the amount of civilian blood spilled. When napalm hit the South Korean village of Danyang, families who had escaped other attacks were clustered together in a cave.
South Koreans give the United States a mean score of 6. And Americans give South Korea a mean score of 60 on the 0— scale, where is the most favorable, used for the survey in the United States.
But more importantly, for the South Korean public this goes beyond defense commitments. Previous surveys have shown there is broad support among South Koreans for the long-term stationing of US troops in South Korea. Data from the most recent survey adds more context to that finding.
Americans also remain committed to the defense of South Korea. This puts Seoul in an awkward position as the Biden administration continues to take a hard line on China. South Korea has thus far resisted calls to join the United States in a tougher approach toward Beijing and will likely continue to do so.
Despite the gaps in current policy approaches, South Koreans and Americans take strikingly similar views of China. And in both countries, roughly eight in 10 say China is more of a security threat than more of a security partner. While concerned about China, Americans and South Koreans consider domestic issues more pressing.
But in both countries, issues involving China were the least likely to be viewed as critical threats among those included in the survey. One area of continued tension between the United States and South Korea will be the use of Chinese technology in building communications networks.
Thus far, South Korea has not joined the US-led Clean Network Initiative—established under Trump and set to continue under Biden—which seeks to eliminate Chinese tech companies from either building or supplying components for communications networks around the world.
The South Korean public is split on prohibiting Chinese tech companies from building communications networks in South Korea, with 50 percent in support and 42 percent opposed. Meanwhile in the United States, 66 percent support such a prohibition versus 29 percent opposed.
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