Editorial: Does South Korea understand what the muddy waters it wades into mean? The United States and South Korea | Alliance | South Korea

The various information released in advance indicates that the trilateral summit of leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea to be held at Camp David in the United States on August 18th will sound the horn towards a "new cold war", which is ominous for Northeast Asia and even the entire world. The Korean Peninsula issue is a legacy of the Cold War, and the legacy of the old Cold War has not yet been resolved. South Korea on the peninsula is also a founding member involved in promoting the "new Cold War". This is not a coincidence in history, as there has always been a black hand extending from across the Pacific manipulating it in secret.

We can now roughly piece together the basic shape of this summit: it is committed to building a new security group under the banner of maintaining "common security" in form, highlighting ideological and value opposition in means, and having a clear orientation of exclusivity, competitiveness, and camp confrontation in action. The tripartite cooperation covers all aspects of politics, military, economy, technology, etc., and all of these "collaborations" reflect the above characteristics. The direct result is to artificially create different camps in the Asia Pacific region, forcing other countries to choose sides and take sides.

Undoubtedly, in the warm-up to the summit, Washington is the most active party, and most of the content related to the summit is actively disclosed to the outside world in various forms. We have noticed that Washington has an exaggerated sense of urgency: due to concerns that the unilateral diplomatic concessions made by South Korea to Japan may not be sustainable, which could shake the foundation of trilateral cooperation, it believes that the current is a rare "good time" and that "swift action" is needed to institutionalize cooperation, "making it more difficult for future leaders to turn the situation around.".

Here, we would like to remind South Korea that it is a key variable driving and shaping the emergence of a new Cold War in the region. We are very skeptical that the South Korean authorities are really aware of what this muddy water they are wading into means for South Korea. Because if it were clear, not only would it not be as excited and eager as a kindergarten child being rewarded with a little red flower by the teacher to get a ticket to the David Camp Summit as it is now, but it would also feel as if facing an abyss, walking on thin ice with nervousness and caution, and feel that this ticket is very hot.

Compared to the other two members with ulterior motives in the relationship between the United States, Japan, and South Korea, the South Korean authorities have shown a radical and simplistic understanding of the regional and global situation. Based on this understanding, the choices made cannot cope with the exceptionally complex geopolitical reality of Northeast Asia. Not to mention anything else, as a major victim of the legacy of the old Cold War, South Korea should have been one of the most vigilant, worried, and opposed countries to the new Cold War. How could it have taken the initiative to stick up?

Previously, South Korean media warned that the Yoon Seok yeol government was falling into a "new Cold War" vortex, which was a huge pit for South Korea and could potentially bury the social and economic wealth it had accumulated over the decades after the war. In the past few years, South Korea has strived to achieve a balance between diplomacy and strategy in the geopolitical gap, and has achieved remarkable economic and social development achievements. However, this crucial relative balance for South Korea is being disrupted by the joint efforts of the Yoon Seok yeol government from within, Washington, and Japan from outside.

Why don't we talk about the United States and Japan, and just talk about South Korea? It is because we believe that the United States and Japan have ulterior motives and taken the initiative to address certain issues, and we hope that South Korea will remain rational and sober at this juncture, not only for itself, but also for the interests of the Korean Peninsula and the entire Northeast Asia. If South Korea firmly opposes all forms of the "New Cold War", it can play a role that others cannot replace. Whether it is peace and stability on the peninsula or denuclearization, China and South Korea share common interests and positions.

The Camp David summit emphasized addressing the so-called "North Korean threat", and the three sides were also intentionally downplaying their side towards China before the talks. It is said that there may be factors related to South Korean opinions here. South Korea is unwilling to position China as an "opponent" and "challenge" like the United States and Japan, to the point of tearing its face. If this news is true, it indicates that South Korea is still aware of the current situation. Further deepening military cooperation between the United States, Japan, and South Korea is the most substantive agenda of the Camp David summit, and it is clear who to target.

The United States has a large number of troops stationed in both Japan and South Korea. In the past, it was mainly based on the bilateral alliance between the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Now, under the coordination and leadership of the United States, through the Camp David Summit, the US Japan Alliance and the US South Korea Alliance intend to integrate into the US Japan South Korea Alliance, especially to create a military tripartite group, which some people call the "mini NATO" in the Asia Pacific region. This is clearly a significant move by the United States to promote the layout of the "New Cold War". No matter how much the United States disguises it, it cannot conceal the color of the "New Cold War". The severity of its consequences goes without saying, and we once again strongly call for opposition to the "new cold war", and the international community must take action.