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For a few days from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024, the Chinese people are still immersed in the joy of the New Year's Eve, but the situation on the Korean Peninsula has changed abruptly, rumbling artillery sounds, and the dark clouds of war seem to be approaching us step by step.
On December 28, 2023, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said during a visit to the ROK Army's 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, 60 kilometers north of Seoul, "If we encounter provocations by the enemy, I ask you to retaliate immediately and then report to your superiors." We must immediately crush the enemy's provocative desires and defend our country and people. ”
The 5th Infantry Division of the ROK Army is stationed at the "Forward Surveillance Post of the Central Front", which is often referred to as the South Korean side of the 38th Parallel. Yoon Suk-yeol granted this unit the right to fire "first cut and then play", I don't know if he thought about it, what if the front-line soldiers misjudged and triggered the Korean War?
In addition, the wartime command of the South Korean military is not in the hands of South Korea, but in the hands of the US military stationed in South Korea. I don't know if Yoon Suk-yeol's move is suspected of overstepping his authority.
In his closing report at the closing session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), Kim Jong Un said in his closing report that the anti-DPRK confrontation activities of the United States and its followers have reached an "unprecedented" level and are bringing the situation on the peninsula to the brink of an even more unpredictable and dangerous state. The DPRK is required to speed up the building of an overwhelming war response capability and make all military preparations.
With regard to inter-Korean relations, the report stressed the need to "redefine the stance on North-South relations and the policy of reunification." Kim Jong-un said that inter-Korean relations are "no longer homogeneous" but completely hostile.
On January 1, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said in his New Year's address that North Korea's nuclear and missile threat would be "blocked at the source" this year.
On January 2, 2024, Kim Yo-jong, vice minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued a statement criticizing Yoon Suk-yeol's New Year's speech as "stupid and reckless" and unreservedly showing hostility towards the DPRK.
On January 1 and 2, 2024, several divisions of the ROK Army conducted large-scale artillery bombardment and mechanized unit maneuver Xi in areas near the military demarcation line between the two Koreas, such as Hwacheon in Gangwon Province and Paju in Gyeonggi Province.
On January 3, 2024, the South Korean Navy dispatched a number of destroyers, frigates and missile boats to conduct naval gun firing and maritime maneuver Xi in the waters around the peninsula.
On January 4, 2024, the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea announced the end of a seven-day South Korea-US New Year's Eve joint Xi. During the Xi, the ROK-US coalition deployed 110 weapons and equipment, including main battle tanks, armored vehicles, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, armored bridge-erecting vehicles, and armored bulldozers, in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, near the military demarcation line between the two Koreas.
In response to a series of military exercises in the New Year by the South Korean and US armies, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published an article on the 4th to severely criticize: The Yoon Suk-yeol government will continue to launch military provocations in 2023 and will continue to make provocations at the beginning of 2024, and it is likely to launch various war conspiracies on an unprecedented scale, so this year is "the year when the South and North Korea are most likely to have conflicts."
On January 5, 2024, the Southwest Coastal Defense Unit of the 4th Army of the Korean People's Army mobilized 13 companies and 1 platoon of 47 artillery pieces of various calibers and used 192 artillery shells to conduct "live firing training at sea" in five areas. South Korea's Baeknyeong Island and Yeonpyeong Island issued evacuation orders to residents.
The situation on the Korean Peninsula in the past few days is a microcosm since 2023 and since Yoon Suk-yeol came to power.
In 2023, the United States will deploy bombers, nuclear submarines and other strategic equipment to the Korean Peninsula to demonstrate deterrence in what it calls a "more visible way." The leaders of the three countries agreed to hold regular leaders' meetings and joint military exercises in the future, and announced the official launch of a real-time missile intelligence sharing mechanism related to the DPRK.
In response to pressure from the United States and its allies, the North Korean side adheres to the principle of "strong for strong": in 2023, 25 ballistic missiles were launched, including five intercontinental ballistic missiles. The first successful launch of a military reconnaissance satellite, and the first attack nuclear submarine was successfully launched in September.
The current situation on the Korean Peninsula is the result of the United States provoking behind the scenes, Yoon Suk-yeol manipulating, the DPRK being forced to respond, and the escalating measures of both sides. The governments of the United States and South Korea are walking a tightrope and constantly testing on the edge of stepping on thunder.
In today's world, it is an indisputable fact that the United States is declining in national strength and China is rising, but the United States is not willing to withdraw from the position of the world's leader, and has done everything possible to stumble China in the past few years...... There was not a moment of pause. The South China Sea issue, the Hong Kong issue, the Xinjiang issue, the Taiwan Strait issue, ...... These provocations have not stopped for a moment, but China has taken them in stride.
Perhaps it is the Russian-Ukrainian war that has made the United States see the effect of weakening Russia, and the United States also wants to launch a proxy war to contain China's rise and weaken China's comprehensive national strength. In the event of a war on the peninsula, it will be difficult for China to stay out of the situation, and this is the wishful thinking of the United States.
After Yoon Suk-yeol was elected president of South Korea, he changed his predecessor Moon Jae-in's strategy of not choosing sides between China and the United States, and was pro-US and flattering to Japan, willing to be an eagle dog. It is a pity that the country is incompetent, there is no way to govern, South Korea's economy is declining, domestic complaints are rife, and the approval rate has been declining, with the latest statistics only 31%. In this case, the election in April 2024 will be a complete defeat, and with what Yoon Suk-yeol has done in the past few years, once he leaves the presidency, it is a high probability that he will be imprisoned. In order to avoid being imprisoned after he stepped down, he naturally had to take risks, stir up tensions between the north and the south, divert the attention of the domestic people, and pave the way for winning the election. If there is really a war, you can be re-elected as president indefinitely like Zelensky, and you can play a good calculation.
The Korean Peninsula is close to China and Russia, and this is not Iraq or Libya, and there are factors in the world that provoke wars and forces that restrain the outbreak of war, and it is impossible for the United States and South Korea to do whatever they want on the Korean Peninsula. With regard to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, we still need to carefully observe it, deal with it calmly, and handle it appropriately and resolutely.