According to a report by South Korea, South Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol went to the "Central Front Forward Surveillance Post (GP)" in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province on the 28th to have lunch with South Korean soldiers stationed there and inspect local military facilities amid the tense situation on the peninsula. Yoon Suk-yeol issued a stern order to the South Korean military, asking them not to report to their superiors first when they are "provoked" by North Korea, but to directly "counterattack" in order to "destroy the provocative intent."
Yoon Suk-yeol inspects South Korean troops at the front)
At the same time that Yoon Suk-yeol issued this tough instruction, South Korea's National Intelligence Service also issued an "invasion alert", saying that North Korea "may launch a provocation in early 2024." This suggests that South Korea believes that North Korea's actions have entered the countdown phase, as it is now the end of December.
The two Koreas had reached a consensus on the disarmament of the Panmunjom Joint Security Area).
South Korea claims that it is basing its judgment on recent North Korean military actions and "rhetoric toward South Korea." Under the impetus of the United States, the situation on the peninsula has long escalated, especially in the context of the continuous strengthening of the "US-ROK alliance" and the "US-Japan-ROK alliance", and the DPRK has also felt the pressure and has also established cooperative relations with Russia. For some time, the DPRK has successfully launched satellites, rockets, and then intercontinental missiles, directly threatening the United States. Against this backdrop, Kim Jong-un has warned that he will use nuclear weapons to deal with nuclear provocations, and asked the North Korean military to be ready to respond to the "confrontational behavior" of the United States at any time.
Kim Jong-un demanded that the North Korean military be prepared to deal with the United States).
Recently, the situation on the "38th parallel" has also been very tense, and the situation on the front line has become very complicated because the soldiers of the two Koreas have been re-armed in Panmunjom. The South Korean side also claimed that the North Korean troops were resuming their deployment near the "38th parallel", including outposts and trenches, and ** were also re-positioned.
The border area between the two Koreas).
Obviously, South Korea thinks that the situation on the front line is very tense, and Seoul is only a few dozen kilometers away from the "demilitarized zone" on the front line, and to be honest, if the North Korean army has long-range artillery, it can be easily hit. Fearing a surprise attack by the North Korean army's special forces, Seoul even conducted a "simulation training" of joint operations between the South Korean army and the police, with the aim of simulating the response plan in the event of a "North Korean attack".
Simulation training is taking place in Seoul).
Of course, some experts believe that the situation on the peninsula is not so serious, and the reason why Yoon Suk-yeol is so aggressive is actually to divert attention and cover up his sluggish approval rating. Because according to ** reports, Yoon Suk-yeol's recent approval rating has dropped to about 30%, and in order to save the situation, he even carried out a "big change" of the cabinet. But the effect is not obvious, and his approval rating is still very low. There are even some people in the same camp as him, including the former leader of the People's Power Party, Lee Jun-seok and others, who have chosen to "set up another mountain", which means that Yoon Suk-yeol's support rate is already in jeopardy, and in order to save his support rate, he has to take a risk and save the situation by establishing a "tough image".
Yoon Suk-yeol invited Park Geun-hye to support herself).
But Yoon's risky move did not solve the problem, but instead put the whole of South Korea at risk. In particular, his direct action of authorizing the ROK army to directly increase the situation in the "38th parallel" has rapidly heated up, and the danger of "misfire" may further increase in the future.