{"id":30242,"date":"2018-01-29T20:59:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/29\/south-korea-defense-chief-norths-nuclear-strike-rhetoric-just-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:56:53","slug":"south-korea-defense-chief-norths-nuclear-strike-rhetoric-just-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/asia-pacific\/2018\/01\/29\/south-korea-defense-chief-norths-nuclear-strike-rhetoric-just-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea defense chief: North\u2019s nuclear strike rhetoric just \u2018propaganda\u2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 South Korea\u2018s defense minister says she has doubts North Korea will use a nuclear weapon against South Korea or the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to an audience question at the Fullerton Forum, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies on Monday in Singapore, Song Young-moo wrote off nuclear threats by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as mere <a href=\"http:\/\/english.yonhapnews.co.kr\/northkorea\/2018\/01\/29\/11\/0401000000AEN20180129004752315F.html\">\u201cpropaganda.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an anachronistic idea that North Korea will use nuclear weapons for the unification (of the two Koreas),\u201d Song said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A nuclear strike launched from the North toward the South \u2014 or the United States \u2014 would invoke a response that would remove \u201cthe North Korean regime\u201d from the map, effectively making such an attack \u201csuicidal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18016306322726.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18016306322726.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18016306322726.jpg.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18016306322726.jpg.jpg?resize=768,506 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. 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