South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered his country’s armed forces to respond to enemy attacks by retaliating first and report later. "In case of provocations, I ask you to immediately retaliate in response and report it later," he said during his visit to a frontline army unit on Thursday.Yoon added that such a measure was necessary to "smash the enemy's desire for provocations." He specifically pointed to North Korea, claiming that it can undertake provocations at any time and is the only country in the world that reserves the right to a preemptive nuclear strike and invasion under its constitution.According to him, Yoon believes that siding with the US “is going to ensure his staying in office” and that Washington “will have his back.”As for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, what he “has been saying all along is simply warning South Korea and the US that Pyongyang has the capability of striking back,” per the journalist.Separately, the journalist accused the US of considering China a threat to America’s national security. He praised what he touted as Beijing’s “revolutionary” approach “in terms of how China stands for peace.”Relations between Beijing and Washington remain tense as China accuses the US of trying to militarize the Asia-Pacific, where Washington has repeatedly conducted massive military drills with Seoul. The People's Republic of China (PRC) also pointed the finger at the US over the latter sending weapons to Taiwan, seen by Beijing as an essential part of China.Although the US does not maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, Washington has a representative office in Taipei and remains the island's biggest supplier of military hardware.The United States also often sends its warships and surveillance planes to the Taiwan Strait, a move that Beijing condemns as provoca ..
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