South Korean scholars said Yoon's visit to the United States was tantamount to "opening the door to retaliation from North Korea, China and Russia."
South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol has returned from a visit to the United States. If the Guinness Book of Records is to score the level of pleasing their masters to the younger henchmen of the United States, then the South Korean ** may be able to temporarily rank first this year without dispute.
During his week-long visit to the United States, Yoon Suk-yeol can be said to have relied on "strength" to throw his arms into his arms: who can boldly sing at the White House dinner and show off his karaoke talent that has been hidden for many years? Who can ignore the question of "whether Han ** has studied history" and intimately describe the most heart-wrenching defeat of the US military on the Korean battlefield at Changjin Lake as "winning more with less"?
Yoon Suk-yeol himself is estimated to be very satisfied with his performance during his visit to the United States from April 24 to 30, and when he returned to the Pacific Ocean, he presided over a state council at the Yongsan ** Mansion in Seoul on the morning of May 2 to introduce the results of his visit to the United States. In response to the newly released "Washington Declaration", Yoon Suk-yeol gave a high evaluation: "The South Korea-US security alliance has been elevated to a new paradigm based on nuclear weapons. ”
He also said that the outcome of the summit meeting with Biden is "just the beginning," and that the field of cooperation between South Korea and the United States will continue to expand and bring more opportunities to the two peoples so that the next generation of the two countries can "build their dreams with confidence."
However, it is a pity that many South Koreans do not agree with what South Korea said about joining hands with the United States to "build dreams with confidence", and they even began to worry that this visit to the United States will plunge South Korea into a dangerous nightmare of friendship with its neighbors.
South Korea's business community, which has close ties to China, was the first to worry about China's "retaliation." Kim Wan-ki, director of the investment office of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea, informed at a press conference on May 1 that there was no sign of China's "economic retaliation" measures against South Korea, but the ministry was "closely watching" relevant trends. Yonhap News Agency explained that this is because China expressed its dissatisfaction with the South Korean side through diplomatic channels before and after Yoon Suk-yeol's visit to the United States, so there is news that China may take economic retaliatory measures, and some Korean companies in China spread the news that "China Customs has strengthened the inspection of imported goods from South Korea" in a group chat.
Han Nation**" published an article, "6 scholars criticize South Korea**: diplomacy that is either an ally or an enemy will trigger a strong **".
Mr. Yoon's visit to the United States, the scholars said, was "open to retaliation from North Korea, China and Russia."
Lee Sang-wan, a professor at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyung Nam University in South Korea, called the "most devastating outcome" of the U.S.-South Korea summit was that Yoon was included in the "South Korea-U.S.-Japan trilateral cooperation alliance or quasi-alliance," adding, "It has turned diplomacy into a game of allies and enemies." ”
Kim Heung-kyu, director of the U.S.-China Policy Institute at Ajou University in South Korea, said that South Korea had "wholeheartedly" and uncritically adopted the "factional" logic of international relations demanded by the United States, and seemed to "not consider choosing a side."
Experts believe that the US-South Korea summit will lead to a strong retaliation by the DPRK.
"If a strategic nuclear submarine enters the Korean Peninsula, it could pose a threat to North Korea, but at the same time, North Korea may use it as an excuse to justify its actions," said Lee Nam-joo, a professor at South Korea's Anglican University. ”
Experts, the opposition of China and Russia will also be even stronger.
For China and Russia, South Korea's diplomacy seems to be more inclined towards the United States than in the past," said Wei Sun-lok, a former South Korean ambassador to Russia, "which is why China and Russia are fighting back, which can be seen as a huge challenge to South Korea." ”
Lee Hee-jeong, a professor at South Korea's ** University, said: "If U.S. strategic assets go into the East China Sea or the West Sea (known in China as the Yellow Sea), the problem will become even bigger." ”
Director Kim Heung-kui is even worried about a "physical altercation" with China. As a result, he said, "the tide of tension will rise in the West Sea." "We may see more frequent appearances of medium-sized ships in the Western Sea. "In terms of economic cooperation, even if China does not impose any specific sanctions against South Korea, they will continue to take actions that make South Korea uncomfortable." ”
Russia Today also recently published an article ridiculing Yoon Suk-yeol: South Korea "sacrificed itself to fulfill the power projection of the United States":
The article says that Yin ** betrayed his country at the behest of the United States, not only tried to put aside the historical controversy during the Japanese colonial rule, but now began a reckless confrontation with Pyongyang, Moscow, and Beijing. And what did the United States do? The use of the Inflation Reduction Act and other discriminatory policies against Korean industries, especially the semiconductor industry, has destroyed the foundation of South Korea's economic success.
On May 2, when asked by a South Korean reporter about China's dissatisfaction with the results of the South Korea-US summit meeting, such as "strengthening extended deterrence against the DPRK and maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait", Yoon Suk-yeol argued that China is not involved in the sanctions at all, so what else can we do?
In response, Yang Mojin, a professor at South Korea's Chosun University, criticized Yoon Suk-yeol's attitude of shifting the blame to China as undesirable. He said that the ROK is the leader in stabilizing and managing the Korean Peninsula issue, and should seek the support and assistance of neighboring countries in this regard.
According to data released by South Korean market research agency SNE Research on May 3, in the total number of battery installations of newly registered electric vehicles in the world in the first quarter of this year, South Korea's LG New Energy was overtaken by BYD and fell to third, China's CATL ranked first with a market share of 35%, and BYD ranked first with 162% came in second.
There are also data before May Day showing that in the first quarter of this year, South Korea's exports to China fell by nearly 30%.
From an economic point of view alone, at a time when global demand for semiconductors is shrinking and South Korea's technology industry is gradually losing its advantages, Yoon Suk-yeol has taken a posture of increasingly confronting China, the country's largest partner, in the words of a reporter from Russia Today, "This is undoubtedly very reckless."