{"id":26840,"date":"2018-06-04T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/04\/japan-and-south-korea-at-odds-over-tactics-for-north-korea-denuclearization\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:21:22","slug":"japan-and-south-korea-at-odds-over-tactics-for-north-korea-denuclearization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2018\/06\/04\/japan-and-south-korea-at-odds-over-tactics-for-north-korea-denuclearization\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan and South Korea at odds over tactics for North Korea denuclearization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SINGAPORE \u2014 The defense ministers of Japan and South Korea have articulated contrasting positions at a regional security conference on North Korea\u2019s potential denuclearisation ahead of the planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2018\/04\/19\/5-lessons-trump-can-take-from-the-iran-deal-for-the-north-korea-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Singapore at the annual Shangri-la Dialogue organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera cautioned against rewarding North Korea for merely agreeing to a dialogue, emphasising that it must take concrete action to denuclearise and disarm first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would require the North to not only end all nuclear programs, but also the development of ballistic missiles \u201cof all flight ranges,\u201d which would include short range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a 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