SEOUL: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met his counterpart in Seoul on Tuesday (Jan 31), pledging to beef up joint drills and security cooperation as South K
Austin is visiting Seoul for the third time as defence secretary and met with both Lee and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.
But Yoon's administration has since walked back those comments, emphasising that South Korea supports global nuclear non-proliferation. The commitments include"the full range of US defence capabilities, including our conventional nuclear and missile defence capabilities", he said.in Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal, including mass-producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles for nuclear counterstrikes.
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