Oh, S.Korea growing a spine?
Kim Joon-hyung, interim head of the Rebuilding Korea Party, told This Week in Asia in an exclusive interview that his party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea planned to jointly introduce the bill to parliament soon.
“There have been growing discussions in Washington among some military commanders and congressmen that South Korea and Japan should intervene in a crisis over Taiwan”, Kim said.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of , to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise self-governed Taiwan as independent, but the and its allies are opposed to any attempt to take the island by force.
“This law bill aims to prevent the South Korean military from being dragged into such an eventuality and make it focus on its original mission to defend the South from the North’s threats,” Kim said.
The bill would have a good chance of being passed by the National Assembly, where the two main opposition parties have 187 seats in the 300-seat parliament, Yang added.
Exclusive | South Korea opposition aims to stop military’s Taiwan entanglement
’s opposition parties controlling the National Assembly are set to introduce a bill to prevent the South Korean military from intervening in a crisis over , a top opposition leader said on Thursday.Kim Joon-hyung, interim head of the Rebuilding Korea Party, told This Week in Asia in an exclusive interview that his party and the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea planned to jointly introduce the bill to parliament soon.
“There have been growing discussions in Washington among some military commanders and congressmen that South Korea and Japan should intervene in a crisis over Taiwan”, Kim said.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of , to be reunited by force if necessary. Most countries, including the United States, do not recognise self-governed Taiwan as independent, but the and its allies are opposed to any attempt to take the island by force.
“This law bill aims to prevent the South Korean military from being dragged into such an eventuality and make it focus on its original mission to defend the South from the North’s threats,” Kim said.
The bill would have a good chance of being passed by the National Assembly, where the two main opposition parties have 187 seats in the 300-seat parliament, Yang added.
