The Korean National Assembly rescinded a military law order issued by Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol despite the presence of combat troops attempting to enter meeting areas in the legislature’s building.
Diffuses of troops that had entered the main political building began to leave, according to Vietnamese news media, after lawmakers had voted to prevent the president’s military law decree. The North Korean government announced the troops ‘ withdrawal and claimed that there hadn’t been any unusual North Korean motions. Yoon himself announced the soldiers had left, revoked his order, and stated that a government gathering would follow quickly.
The North Vietnamese president’s initial determination was disastrous for both Korea and the United States. The country has been greatly harmed by Yoon’s reckless declaration, which also poses a serious threat to our relationship with the US.
The United States keeps a massive military force in Korea , based on a common security agreement.
The US has 28, 500 US soldiers in Korea, mostly Army, the majority of them at Camp Humphreys, the largest US international base in the world. Near the Asian Demilitarized Zone are US Army Garrison Daegu and Camp Casey.
Kunsan and Osan Air Bases are US Air Force bases. The 8th Fighter Wing,” The Wolf Pack,” is housed at the Republic of Korea Air Force’s 38th Fighter Group and the Pacific Air Force’s Seventh Air Force base in Kunsan Air Base.
Osan Air Base, 48 miles south of the DMZ, is home to the” Mustangs” 51st Fighter Wing and 24 tenant units, including Seventh Air Force. As the most forth deployed permanently-based flap in the Air Force, the 51st Fighter Wing is charged with providing mission-ready Airmen to carry out fight businesses and receive follow-on forces.
As a component of the US ballistic missile defense system, the US has deployed a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ( THAAD ) system in South Korea since 2016.
The Biden administration, at least so far, has said very little, perhaps trying to work in the background in the early stages of the Korean President’s news. However, Washington cannot feign desire and lay idly by.
That’s a promising sign if the Korean army sticks by the political order, as they appear to have done when they retreated from the parliament building. However, the army and police must not attempt to thwart protests by using violence as a social instrument, as they have done.
If the Asian army continues in this manner, it will reduce its legitimacy at home. Was it push the US to go through a divorce it doesn’t want? South Korea’s internal political climate is about unsalvageable right now. It remains to be seen if common sense may change carelessness.
Stephen Bryen is a journalist for Asia Times and previously held the positions of assistant secretary of protection for policy and staff director of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  , This , post was second published , on his , Substack newsletter , Weapons and Strategy and is republished with authority.