The document reflected the views of the administration of conservative Republic of Korea President Yoon Sok-yeol, who came to power in early May last | The Eastern Herald
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The United States-South Korea relations took a serious turn when American President Joe Biden told his South Korean counterpart Hoon Suk Yeol that Washington would mean the end of the government in Pyongyang if North Korea were to launch a nuclear attack on South Korea. There is a strong hint that the US would retaliate in kind, and that the American nuclear umbrella for South Korea is not for show. The North Korean threat to South Korea has been growing with the increase in missile tests of Pyongyang.
North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said a U.S.-South Korea agreement this week about the need to shore up South Korean security will worsen the situation, according to state media KCNA on Saturday.