NKorea slams US for supporting Taiwan in nod to ally China

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KIM TONG-HYUNG

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China through its “reckless” backing of Taiwan, and said that the growing U.S. military presence in the region constitutes a potential threat to the North.

In comments carried by state media, North Korea Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho criticized the United States for sending warships through the Taiwan Strait and providing Taiwan with upgraded weapons systems and military training.

The United States’ “indiscreet meddling” in issues regarding Taiwan, which the North sees as entirely a Chinese internal affair, threatens to touch off a “delicate situation on the Korean Peninsula.”

Pak’s statement came a day after President Joe Biden told a CNN townhall event that the United States was committed to coming to Taiwan’s defense if it comes under attack from China. While that seemed to blur Washington’s long-held stance of maintaining “strategic ambiguity” on whether it would intervene if China were to attack Taiwan, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Biden had no intent to convey a change in policy.



FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2021, file photo provided by U.S. Coast Guard, Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) transits the Taiwan Strait during a routine transit with Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). North Korea on Saturday, Oct. 23, accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China with its “reckless” backing of Taiwan and claimed that the growing U.S. military presence in the region poses a potential threat to the North.(U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)


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[AZLD4Candidate]

1. Yawn

[soryang]

2. Former South Korean foreign minister argues in the National Interest

...that an unsophisticated unchanging bipartisan "good guy- bad guy" approach to North Korea for decades has failed to do anything but create a new nuclear threat to the US. He recommends a new approach:

In Defense of a Bold U.S. Approach Toward North Korea

Yoon Young-kwan, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University, Oct. 22

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/defense-bold-us-approach-toward-north-korea-195401?page=0%2C3

This headline in the OP, seen in the light of the professor's analysis, shows how unbalanced the North's dependence and relationship with China has become due to an inflexible and inadequate US policy approach which doesn't allow North Korea an alternative relationship with the US. This headline should be a wake up call.